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Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniCPM-SALA

Gemini 3.7 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 50.9 to 12.7.

Google · OpenBMB · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.7 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.9 to 12.7, ranking #13 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.9 and ranks #13 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose MiniCPM-SALA

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google
MiniCPM-SALA
OpenBMB
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.9
#13
12.7
#230
Reasoning
49.2
#15
14.2
#214
Coding
38.6
#17
21.1
#80
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.75 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.75 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

18 reported for Gemini 3.7 Flash · 24 for MiniCPM-SALA

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniCPM-SALAdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.7 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.7 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
OpenBMB
MiniCPM-SALA
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Aug 28 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 3.7 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniCPM-SALA does not.

Gemini 3.7 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniCPM-SALA

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniCPM-SALA

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.7 Flash was released on 2026-08-13, while MiniCPM-SALA was released on 2026-02-11.

Gemini 3.7 Flash is 6 months newer than MiniCPM-SALA.

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Aug 13, 2026

2 weeks ago

6mo newer
MiniCPM-SALA

Feb 11, 2026

6 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.7 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while MiniCPM-SALA's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.7 Flash's training data extends to 2026-03-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without MiniCPM-SALA's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Mar 2026

MiniCPM-SALA

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniCPM-SALA side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.7 Flash
✓ Preferred
MiniCPM-SALA
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.7 Flash vs MiniCPM-SALA.

Which is better, Gemini 3.7 Flash or MiniCPM-SALA?

Gemini 3.7 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 50.9 to 12.7. Gemini 3.7 Flash is made by Google and MiniCPM-SALA is made by OpenBMB. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.7 Flash compare to MiniCPM-SALA in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores MRCR v2 (8-needle): 97.0%, Harvey LAB-AA: 90.7%, CharXiv-R: 88.7%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 85.8%, LVBench: 85.4%. MiniCPM-SALA scores HumanEval: 95.1%, RULER 64k: 92.7%, RULER 128k: 89.4%, MBPP: 89.1%, RULER 512K: 87.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniCPM-SALA?

Gemini 3.7 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.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniCPM-SALA?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.9 vs 12.7), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.7 Flash and MiniCPM-SALA?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is developed by Google and MiniCPM-SALA is developed by OpenBMB.

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