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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs MiniMax M2

MiniMax M2 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 18.6 to 16.1, and MiniMax M2 costs 9.8x less per output token ($1.02 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 49 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 2.5 Pro Replace MiniMax M2
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle
Coding
19.1
Overall
41.8
Output $/M
$10.00
39
MiniMax M2MiniMax
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.02
9
vs boards won of 49 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2: which to pick

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M2 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick MiniMax M2 for output tokens 9.8x cheaper ($1.02 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or LMArena WebDev, where it leads.

Model AGemini 2.5 ProGoogle19.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.64 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M2MiniMaxNot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.702 per solved task
Shared results
49
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
41
MiniMax M2 only
1
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks, MiniMax M2 not benchmarked.
Widest category
General, 21.2 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Gemini 2.5 Pro 54.1% against MiniMax M2 86.8%, 32.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against MiniMax M2 $1.02 per million output tokens, 9.8x apart.
Context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, MiniMax M2 205K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 2.5 ProBarsMiniMax M2Ties
Coding44
Intelligence01
Agentic work11
Reasoning60
Math40
Knowledge50
Web design321 tie
General161
All shared boards3991 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index44
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
SWE-bench Verified53.6%61.0%MiniMax M2
LMArena WebDev12261297MiniMax M2
AA Coding Index33.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)54.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)0.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)80.1%82.6%MiniMax M2
SciCode46.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)26.5%25.8%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Terminal-Bench32.6%30.0%Gemini 2.5 Pro
GSO-Bench3.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
WeirdML54.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: coding14521371Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: software and IT14591373Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena WebDev: HTML12351306MiniMax M2
LMArena WebDev: from an image1285Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
AA Intelligence Index16.118.6MiniMax M2
Epoch Capabilities Index145.1Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
AA Agentic Index1.6Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
τ²-Bench Telecom54.1%86.8%MiniMax M2
GDPval23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
DeepResearch Bench41.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vending-Bench 2$574$161Gemini 2.5 Pro
BrowseComp-Plus29.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.4%77.7%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)22.5%13.7%Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)85.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGI41.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGI-24.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14551357Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: expert14521338Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14531376Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: diagrams1274Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: homework1281Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%57.8%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
AA Math Index87.778.3Gemini 2.5 Pro
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)87.7%78.3%Gemini 2.5 Pro
OTIS Mock AIME84.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 324.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tier 40.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: math14501351Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: mathematical work14541368Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
CaseLaw (Vals AI)63.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedCode (Vals AI)50.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%82.0%Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: science14801348Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14761367Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: legal and government14801349Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: business and finance14391336Gemini 2.5 Pro
FACTS Benchmark Suite61.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
Design Arena: websites11671143Gemini 2.5 Pro
Design Arena: UI components11371137Tie
Design Arena: game dev11111118MiniMax M2
Design Arena: data viz12221140Gemini 2.5 Pro
Design Arena: 3D10801098MiniMax M2
Design Arena: all code categories11521135Gemini 2.5 Pro
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1100Only MiniMax M2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index161
General benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)41.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)73.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
IFBench48.7%72.3%MiniMax M2
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)69.0%64.3%Gemini 2.5 Pro
DTBench82.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMCA34.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)83.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text14581340Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: instruction following14371329Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: creative writing14541286Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision1263Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: English14581364Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: non-English14521313Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Chinese15071366Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: German14871357Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Japanese1461Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: Korean1434Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: French14731336Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Spanish14741326Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Russian14611330Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Polish14791312Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: multi-turn14531361Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: longer queries14491331Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: writing and language14541295Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14411298Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: English1261Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1300Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1270Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: humor1262Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1304Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1283Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1265Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Document1421Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.0063Fits in one request
MiniMax M2$0.0008Fits in one request

MiniMax M2 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.092Fits in one request
MiniMax M2$0.016Fits in one request

MiniMax M2 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.350Fits in one request
MiniMax M2$0.061Exceeds the context window

MiniMax M2 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2
MakerGoogleMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJune 17, 2025October 23, 2025
Context window1.05M205K
Input $/Mtok$1.25$0.255
Output $/Mtok$10.00$1.02
Coding index19.1Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it31
Cost per solved task$0.64$0.702
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than MiniMax M2 for coding?

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M2 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick MiniMax M2 for output tokens 9.8x cheaper ($1.02 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by SWE-bench Verified or LMArena WebDev, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2 costs $0.255 and $1.02. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $0.64 and MiniMax M2 $0.702.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2?

Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs MiniMax M2 comparison based on?

49 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M2's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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