Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax-M3

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 9 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 1 category; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 40.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 18% for MiniMax-M3.
  • MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
ProviderGoogleMiniMax
Noometry Index56.543.8
Released2026-09-302026-06-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—512K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2141

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena WebDev16781482
SciCode61.8%47.1%
LMArena Coding15501469
FrontierCode—14.7%
FrontierSWE55%—
ALE-Bench—640.02

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents82.2%37.7%
Vending-Bench 213,7182,158
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
GBAEval—0.9%

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
CritPt27.1%3.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481447
SimpleBench—45.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—65.1%
Chess Puzzles—14%
Mystery Game Puzzles—8%
DTBench—78.9%
LMCA—33.7%
Surface Evolver Bench—55%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.95
ForecastBench—61.4

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
ProofBench99%18%
LMArena Math15361429
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—71.1%

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Expert15531461
GPQA Diamond—90.9%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision—1253
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—
LMArena Document—1435

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English15231420
LMArena Chinese16101463
LMArena Russian15371428
LMArena Spanish14971432
LMArena French—1447
LMArena German—1426
LMArena Japanese—1381
LMArena Korean—1372

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following15381433

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query15491445

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax-M3
LMArena Text15341433
LMArena Creative Writing15311404
LMArena Multi-Turn15571442
EQ-Bench 4—1150

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than MiniMax-M3?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and MiniMax-M3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.

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