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Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3

Summary

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) leads on average score with 9.6 vs 7.6. MiniMax M3 (medium) has the lower benchmark cost at $0.131 vs $0.667. Gemini 3 Flash Preview (medium) is faster at 18.64s vs 68.17s, with pass rates of 98.4% vs 65.1%.

Recommended modelGemini 3 Flash Preview (medium)It has the best score here (9.6), while responding about 3.7x faster than MiniMax M3 (medium).

Last updated at: 2026-07-14

Metric	Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01

Metric	Gemini 3 Flash Preview Gemini 3 Flash Preview medium Release: 2025-12-17	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01
Score	9.6	7.6
Rank	#2	#54
Reliability	10.0	9.6
Consistency	9.7	7.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	98.4%	65.1%
Flaky tests	1	5
Total Runs	63	63
Cost per result	3.335	1.187
Total Cost	$0.667	$0.131
Input Price	$0.500 / 1M	$0.300 / 1M
Output Price	$3.000 / 1M	$1.200 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	37,017	46,546
Output Tokens	2,006	49,036
Reasoning Tokens	214,153	92,543
Response Time (avg)	18.64s	68.17s
Response Time (max)	117.26s	431.03s
Response Time (total)	391.35s	1363.38s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#2 Gemini 3 Flash Preview

medium

Cost: $0.010
Time: 17.9s
Tokens: 3,236 tok

#54 MiniMax M3

medium

Cost: $0.012
Time: 154.4s
Tokens: 10,018 tok

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Category Breakdown

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Anti-AI Tricks	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		3.88s	494	330	3,216
MiniMax M3	5.5	3.7	66.7%	3		14.95s	2,526	874	3,414

Coding	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	8.6	7.6	88.9%	1		84.40s	8,122	462	161,084
MiniMax M3	6.1	6.5	55.6%	1		144.74s	5,804	6,223	32,667

Combined	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		22.42s	12,873	351	10,485
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		65.30s	14,760	1,306	6,253

Data parsing and extraction	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		5.43s	7,548	279	4,893
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		14.92s	8,088	514	3,164

Domain specific	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		15.27s	633	12	21,684
MiniMax M3	5.5	9.3	33.3%	0		233.13s	869	16,254	19,070

General Intelligence	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		5.19s	486	72	1,905
MiniMax M3	5.1	3.4	33.3%	1		33.25s	954	2,487	2,523

Instructions following	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		4.04s	615	72	2,709
MiniMax M3	9.8	10.0	100.0%	0		6.14s	1,623	103	920

Puzzle Solving	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		4.05s	558	183	4,365
MiniMax M3	7.9	9.9	66.7%	0		49.91s	2,079	11,946	13,761

Tool Calling	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		12.60s	5,532	234	1,487
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		11.91s	9,168	281	555

Trivia	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		5.50s	156	11	2,325
MiniMax M3	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		100.80s	675	9,048	10,216

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