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Gemini 2.5 Pro vs MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax M2.5 leads Gemini 2.5 Pro on coding, 37.2 to 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M2.5 costs 8.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 54 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 2.5 Pro Replace MiniMax M2.5
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle
Coding
19.1
Overall
41.8
Output $/M
$10.00
34
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax
Coding
37.2
Overall
37.3
Output $/M
$1.20
19
vs boards won of 54 shared, 1 tied

Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2.5: which to pick

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 19.1 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.

Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro for a larger context window (1.05M against 205K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AGemini 2.5 ProGoogle19.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.64 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M2.5MiniMax37.2/1003 independent benchmarks$0.62 per solved task
Shared results
54
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
36
MiniMax M2.5 only
14
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 M2.5 37.2 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 22.4 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: Gemini 2.5 Pro 1461 against MiniMax M2.5 1171, 48.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 against MiniMax M2.5 $1.20 per million output tokens, 8.3x apart.
Context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro takes 1.05M tokens, MiniMax M2.5 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 M2.5Ties
Coding27
Intelligence02
Agentic work11
Reasoning521 tie
Math20
Knowledge60
Web design15
General172
All shared boards34191 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index27
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
SWE-bench Verified53.6%75.8%MiniMax M2.5
SWE-bench MultilingualNot measured68.3%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev12261386MiniMax M2.5
AA Coding Index33.3Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured79.2%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)54.4%74.2%MiniMax M2.5
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)0.4%14.8%MiniMax M2.5
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)80.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
SciCode46.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)26.5%34.8%MiniMax M2.5
Terminal-Bench32.6%42.7%MiniMax M2.5
GSO-Bench3.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
WeirdML54.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ALE-BenchNot measured618.2Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: coding14521380Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: software and IT14591383Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1374Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML12351414MiniMax M2.5
LMArena WebDev: from an image1285Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
AA Intelligence Index16.122.8MiniMax M2.5
Epoch Capabilities Index145.1146.6MiniMax M2.5
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
AA Agentic Index1.6Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
τ²-Bench Telecom54.1%95.3%MiniMax M2.5
GDPval23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
DeepResearch Bench41.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vending-Bench 2$574-$23Gemini 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 index52
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured82.1%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.4%84.8%MiniMax M2.5
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)22.5%20.5%Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)85.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGI41.0%63.7%MiniMax M2.5
ARC-AGI-24.9%4.9%Tie
LMArena Text: hard prompts14551372Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: expert14521378Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14531384Gemini 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%55.2%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
AIMENot measured88.8%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
AA Math Index87.7Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)87.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
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
ProofBenchNot measured4.0%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: math14501378Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: mathematical work14541378Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
MMLU ProNot measured80.1%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured80.0%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)63.9%53.5%Gemini 2.5 Pro
CorpFin (Vals AI)60.8%59.6%Gemini 2.5 Pro
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured68.2%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured92.5%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)50.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: science14801369Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14761357Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: legal and government14801366Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: business and finance14391356Gemini 2.5 Pro
FACTS Benchmark Suite61.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
Design Arena: websites11671222MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: UI components11371173MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: game dev11111176MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: data viz12221172Gemini 2.5 Pro
Design Arena: 3D10801170MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: all code categories11521207MiniMax M2.5
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1150Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index172
General benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
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%71.6%MiniMax M2.5
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)69.0%73.3%MiniMax M2.5
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
CL-benchNot measured11.4%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
CL-bench LifeNot measured6.3%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text14581359Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: instruction following14371353Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: creative writing14541331Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision1263Not measuredOnly Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: English14581380Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: non-English14521338Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Chinese15071393Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: German14871361Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Japanese14611171Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Korean14341233Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: French14731363Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Spanish14741353Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Russian14611359Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Polish14791334Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: multi-turn14531364Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: longer queries14491366Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: writing and language14541345Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14411329Gemini 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 11 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 M2.5
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5Leader
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 M2.5$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.092Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.5$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.350Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.5$0.072Exceeds the context window

MiniMax M2.5 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 M2.5
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 2.5 ProMiniMax M2.5
MakerGoogleMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJune 17, 2025February 12, 2026
Context window1.05M205K
Input $/Mtok$1.25$0.30
Output $/Mtok$10.00$1.20
Coding index19.137.2
Independent measurements behind it33
Cost per solved task$0.64$0.62
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro better than MiniMax M2.5 for coding?

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 19.1 for Gemini 2.5 Pro. Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro for a larger context window (1.05M against 205K tokens) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2.5?

Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $0.64 and MiniMax M2.5 $0.62.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro or MiniMax M2.5?

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

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro vs MiniMax M2.5 comparison based on?

54 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 M2.5's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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