Model Comparison

Gemini 3 Flash vs MiniCPM-SALA

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AIME 2025), while MiniCPM-SALA is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input tokens$0.50
Output tokens$3.00
Best providerGoogle
OpenBMB
MiniCPM-SALA
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
OpenBMB
MiniCPM-SALA
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniCPM-SALA does not.

Gemini 3 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniCPM-SALA

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniCPM-SALA uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 3 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniCPM-SALA

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Flash was released on 2025-12-17, while MiniCPM-SALA was released on 2026-02-11.

MiniCPM-SALA is 2 months newer than Gemini 3 Flash.

Gemini 3 Flash

Dec 17, 2025

3 months ago

MiniCPM-SALA

Feb 11, 2026

2 months ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while MiniCPM-SALA's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3 Flash's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without MiniCPM-SALA's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Flash

Jan 2025

MiniCPM-SALA

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (99.7% vs 78.3%)
OpenBMB
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 3 Flash
OpenBMB
MiniCPM-SALA

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3 Flash vs MiniCPM-SALA

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 3 Flash is made by Google and MiniCPM-SALA is made by OpenBMB. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 3 Flash scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.7%, Global PIQA: 92.8%, MMMLU: 91.8%, GPQA: 90.4%. MiniCPM-SALA scores HumanEval: 95.1%, RULER 64k: 92.7%, RULER 128k: 89.4%, MBPP: 89.1%, RULER 512K: 87.1%.
Gemini 3 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and MiniCPM-SALA supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 3 Flash is developed by Google and MiniCPM-SALA is developed by OpenBMB.