Head to head

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs MiniMax-M3

⚖ MiniMax-M3 wins 3 of 4 categories and costs less: 1.6× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Scores by category

CategoryGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMiniMax-M3
Overall2931
Writing5046
Support4649
Coding3645

Provisional scores, 0 to 100 among the models we track, from Arena and Epoch AI. Value weighs the overall score against cost.

Price and specs

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteMiniMax-M3
VendorGoogleMiniMax
Released2026-07-212026-06-01
Context window1M1M
Open weightsNoYes
Input per 1M tokens$0.30$0.30
Output per 1M tokens$2.50$1.20
Per 1,000 tasks$1.70$1.05
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