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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash

Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-06-01.

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash
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Quality Score100100
Input Price$0.30/M$1.50/M
Output Price$1.20/M$9.00/M
Context Window1,048,5761,048,576
Max Output512,00065,536
Tool Calling
Structured Output
Reasoning Mode
Vision
Audio-

Who wins by task?

TaskMiniMax: MiniMax M3Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash
SQL Generation 133 132
Code Completion 131 117
Code Documentation 131 129
Regex Writing 119 117
CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup 133 132
JSON Extraction 131 121
Bulk Data Labeling 129 118
Long-Document Summarization 137 136
Short-Form Summarization 123 113
Blog Post Writing 121 121

Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →

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