Gemini 3 Flash vs MiniMax M1 80K Comparison

Comparing Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M1 80K across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms in 5 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SimpleQA, SWE-Bench Verified), while MiniMax M1 80K 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

MiniMax M1 80K costs less

For input processing, Gemini 3 Flash ($0.50/1M tokens) is 1.1x cheaper than MiniMax M1 80K ($0.55/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 3 Flash ($3.00/1M tokens) is 1.4x more expensive than MiniMax M1 80K ($2.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 3 Flash is more expensive than MiniMax M1 80K.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Gemini 3 Flash

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$3.00

Best providerGoogle

MiniMax M1 80K

Input tokens$0.55

Output tokens$2.20

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Both models have the same input context window of 1,000,000 tokens. Gemini 3 Flash can generate longer responses up to 65,536 tokens, while MiniMax M1 80K is limited to 40,000 tokens.

Gemini 3 Flash

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

MiniMax M1 80K

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output40,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M1 80K 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

MiniMax M1 80K

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniMax M1 80K uses MIT.

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

Gemini 3 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniMax M1 80K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Flash was released on 2025-12-17, while MiniMax M1 80K was released on 2025-06-16.

Gemini 3 Flash is 6 months newer than MiniMax M1 80K.

Gemini 3 Flash

Dec 17, 2025

3 months ago

6mo newer

MiniMax M1 80K

Jun 16, 2025

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while MiniMax M1 80K'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 MiniMax M1 80K's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Flash

Jan 2025

MiniMax M1 80K

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Provider Availability

Gemini 3 Flash is available from Google. MiniMax M1 80K is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.