# Gemini 3 Flash vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-flash-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M3.1 Flash.

## Summary

- Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M3.1 Flash do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.33 | 67.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.50 / $3.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.4 (Supported · #91/130)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 49.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.63% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 11.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LOCA-Bench 256K | Coming soon | 60.3 | Coming soon |
| SWE Refactor Bench | Coming soon | 23.0 | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 62.2% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 38.10% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.6% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 32.1 (Supported · #89/151)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 20.20% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | Coming soon | 39.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 63.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 80.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 55.6 (Supported · #57/186)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 66.1 (#76/148)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3 Flash public-lane score: 57.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 51.228% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 17.073% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M3.1 Flash on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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