# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.7 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.7 Flash leads overall 67.66 to 54.86.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 52 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 47.9% and 4.6%.
- MiniMax M3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.66 | 54.86 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 58.6 (Supported · #20/105)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #45/105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 47.9% | 4.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| Agents' Last Exam | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 77.5% | 53.6% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 19.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (Supported · #17/135)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #59/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.8% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 20.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.7% | 82.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.8% | 75.0% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.1% | Coming soon |
| VIBE V2 | Coming soon | 50.1% | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 48.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 64K-128K | 97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.6 (#10/50)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#36/50)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 88.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71.1 (Supported · #10/158)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #59/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.9% | 92.7% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.1% | 84.2% | Gemini 3.7 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.7 Flash or MiniMax M3?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 82.6 for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 52 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.7 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.7 Flash currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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