Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
48
MiniMax M3
76
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite unranked · MiniMax M3 #12
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority.
Multimodal
+8.3 difference
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
MiniMax M3
$0.25 / $1.5
$0.3 / $1.2
205 t/s
N/A
7.50s
N/A
1M
1M
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority.
MiniMax M3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 76 to 48. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M3.
MiniMax M3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 76 to 48.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.2 versus 64.9. MiniMax M3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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