Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs MiniMax-M2
Gemma 3n E4b IT and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where MiniMax-M2 leads 70.2 to 66.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 57.8% for MiniMax-M2.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 37.4 |
| Released | — | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1370 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | 57.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1357 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1352 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1246 | 1337 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1309 | 1366 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1335 |
| LMArena German | 1311 | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | 1326 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1272 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | 1328 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1331 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than MiniMax-M2?
Gemma 3n E4b IT and MiniMax-M2 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.3 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and MiniMax-M2 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.