Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Google against MiniMax. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 94% less on blended price ($0.39 against $6.75 per 1M tokens, 3 input to 1 output).
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 30.4 against 28.9.
  • On the 3 benchmarks both have scores on, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads on 3 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash on 0.
  • Both read up to 1M tokens of context.
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash is newer: listed Oct 19, 2026, against Feb 19, 2026.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M3.1 Flash
LabGoogleMiniMax
ListedFeb 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026
Input per 1M tokens$3.00$0.23
Output per 1M tokens$18.00$0.90
Cached input per 1M$0.30$0.022
Blended (3:1) per 1M$6.75$0.39
Context window1M1M
Max output66K524K
Knowledge cutoff--
Intelligence index30.428.9
Coding index68.8-
ReasoningYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Tool useYesYes
Structured outputYesYes

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The indices are the Artificial Analysis indices, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See Google models, MiniMax models, every LLM's price and our sources.