# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.8 Flash and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads overall 69.25 to 54.9.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 39.3 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 59.0% 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 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.25 | 54.9 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 65.9 (Supported · #16/128)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #68/128)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 19.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 59.0% | 4.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 81.3% | 53.6% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| ApprenticeBench | 24% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 4% | 0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| 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 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #17/150)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #74/150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 89.4% | 66.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 69.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 89.5% | 82.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 80.0% | 75.0% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 19.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 39.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 18.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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: Directional only
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 74.3 (#17/28)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/28)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 10.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 87.3 (#9/54)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv w/o tools | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LVBench | 87.1% | 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 3.8 Flash
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (Supported · #13/184)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #82/184)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-solvable) | 88.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.4% | 92.7% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 90.2% | 84.2% | Gemini 3.8 Flash |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 5.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.8 Flash public-lane score: 69.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.421% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 21.951% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.8 Flash or MiniMax M3?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.8 Flash and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 65.9 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 39.3 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.8 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.8 Flash currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-gemini-3-8-flash-cyber)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber](/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-cyber-vs-minimax-m3)
- [Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-gemini-3-8-flash)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-minimax-m3)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.8 Flash profile](/models/gemini-3-8-flash)
- [MiniMax M3 profile](/models/minimax-m3)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)