# Gemini 3 Flash vs MiniMax M2.7

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M2.7 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-flash-vs-minimax-m2-7
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3 Flash 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 Flash leads overall 55.5 to 47.85.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 64.7 for Gemini 3 Flash and 91.6 for MiniMax M2.7.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 56.63% and 40.40%.
- MiniMax M2.7 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M2.7 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 200K |
| Overall Score | 55.5 | 47.85 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 23 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.50 / $3.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Gemini 3 Flash
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 31.7 (Supported · #76/117)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 29.1 (Supported · #82/117)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 49.2% | 48.7% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| Gert Labs | 56.63% | 40.40% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.9% | 48.7% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| 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: Tie
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #74/143)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #77/143)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 20.20% | 27.04% | MiniMax M2.7 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.6% | 79.9% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 73.8% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| 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 |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 60.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 76.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3 Flash
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 54.3 (Supported · #47/169)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 43 (Supported · #86/169)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.9% | 86.6% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.6% | 80.4% | Gemini 3 Flash |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 64.7 (#70/124)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: 91.6 (#10/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 50 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M2.7 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M2.7 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 35.640% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.167% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3 Flash or MiniMax M2.7?

Gemini 3 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M2.7?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 64.7 for Gemini 3 Flash and 91.6 for MiniMax M2.7.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3 Flash currently has 11 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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