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Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-23.
| Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 56.1 | 47.2 |
| Input Price | $0.75/M | $0.30/M |
| Output Price | $3.75/M | $1.20/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 65,536 | 512,000 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | ✓ | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 56.1 | 48.2 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | Google: Gemini 3.6 Flash | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 140 | 139 |
| Code Review | 142 | 141 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 132 |
| Code Refactoring | 145 | 143 |
| Bug Fixing | 146 | 145 |
| Unit Test Generation | 130 | 129 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 136 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 124 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 126 | 125 |
| Frontend Component Design | 128 | 127 |
| Data Analysis | 132 | 131 |
| ETL Scripting | 135 | 134 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 128 | 129 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 133 | 133 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 133 | 133 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 146 | 145 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 125 | 126 |
| Blog Post Writing | 128 | 127 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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