# Gemini 3.1 Pro vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.1 Pro and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-1-pro-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M2.7 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.1 Pro leads overall 70.18 to 55.06.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.1 Pro and 74.8 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 70.8% and 48.7%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Overall Score | 70.18 | 55.06 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $12.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #121/154)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 41.1 (Estimated · #113/154)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 57.8% | 48.7% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| DeepSearchQA | 69.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 95.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.87% | 40.40% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| ResearchClawBench | 13.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 70.8% | 48.7% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 46.3% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 66.6% | Coming soon |
| MM-ClawBench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #89/154)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.5 (Estimated · #71/154)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 82.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 78.9% | 71.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| Vibe Code Bench | 32.03% | 27.04% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.5% | 79.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 73.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 51.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |
| Multi-SWE Bench | Coming soon | 52.7% | Coming soon |
| VIBE-Pro | Coming soon | 55.6% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 50.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 79.1 (#12/49)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 83.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 69.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 72.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 84.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 29.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 81.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.1 Pro
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 66.1 (Supported · #22/184)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #93/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 94.3% | 87.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| HLE w/o tools | 45.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 20.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 95.5% | 86.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 91.0% | 80.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 91.6 (#10/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.1 Pro public-lane score: 54.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 36.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 16.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.1 Pro or MiniMax M2.7?

Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.1 Pro and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.1 Pro and 74.8 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.1 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.1 Pro currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M2.7 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M2.7 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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