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Gemini 3 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M1

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 3 Pro Preview wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

MiniMax M1 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
MiniMax M1
Benchmark Advantage
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Context Window
Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Speed
Gemini 3 Pro Preview

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.00$0.40 MiniMax M1
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.00$2.20 MiniMax M1
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Cache Write (per 1M)$375000.00N/A Gemini 3 Pro Preview
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, MiniMax M1 is 81% cheaper overall.

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Providers

Google AI Studio $2.00 (Cheapest)
Google $2.00 (Cheapest)

MiniMax M1 Providers

Minimax $0.40 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.44

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Gemini 3 Pro Preview Wins
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MiniMax M1 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGemini 3 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
48.420.9
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
46.514.1
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.713.7
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
89.880.8
GPQA
Graduate-level science
90.868.2
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
91.765.7
AIME
Competition math
-81.3-
Gemini 3 Pro Preview significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Gemini 3 Pro Preview
1,048,576
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
MiniMax M1
1,000,000
tokens
Max output: 40,000 tokens
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 5% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGemini 3 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1Winner
Tokens/second132.8 tok/s0.0 tok/s
Time to First Token30.65s0.00s
Gemini 3 Pro Preview responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 3 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 3 Pro PreviewMiniMax M1
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleMinimax
ReleasedNov 2025Jun 2025

Gemini 3 Pro Preview Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

MiniMax M1 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

MiniMax M1 has cheaper input pricing at $0.40/M tokens. MiniMax M1 has cheaper output pricing at $2.20/M tokens.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 46.5, compared to MiniMax M1's score of 14.1.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview has a 1,048,576 token context window, while MiniMax M1 has a 1,000,000 token context window.
Gemini 3 Pro Preview supports vision. MiniMax M1 does not support vision.