Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M2.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads MiniMax M2.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 29.7 to 20.9, and MiniMax M2.1 costs 10.0x less per output token ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 28 shared
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or MiniMax M2.1: which to pick
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M2.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick MiniMax M2.1 for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.59 against $0.99).
Model AGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle32.3/1004 independent benchmarks$0.99 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M2.1MiniMaxNot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.59 per solved task
- Shared results
- 28
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview only
- 109
- MiniMax M2.1 only
- 6
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 29.7 against 20.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a AA Agentic Index result, 8.2.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 95.5% against 78.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 98.1% against 77.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 91.0% against 87.0%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads, 1234 against 1201.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $0.0080, MiniMax M2.1 $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
MiniMax M2.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $0.99, MiniMax M2.1 $0.59.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 32.3 from 4 benchmarks, MiniMax M2.1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 20.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 80.2% against MiniMax M2.1 36.6%, 43.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $12.00 against MiniMax M2.1 $1.20 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview takes 1.05M tokens, MiniMax M2.1 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.
| Category | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Bars | MiniMax M2.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 7 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 7 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 27 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1447 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| AA Coding Index | 68.8 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 88.5% | 81.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 78.8% | 74.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 32.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 17.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 6.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.0% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| SciCode | 58.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 53.8% | 28.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | 36.6% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| GSO-Bench | 22.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| WeirdML | 72.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MirrorCode | 8.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1160.6 | 623.8 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1484 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1487 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1438 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1490 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1481 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SciCode | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 29.7 | 20.9 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 8.2 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1125 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1068 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1093 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1049 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1236 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1113 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1092 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1040 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 43.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 9.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 52.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 60.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 1.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vals Science Index | 27.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 95.6% | 85.4% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| APEX-Agents | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| METR time horizons | 77.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| BALROG | 57.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| PostTrainBench | 22.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $911 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MCP Atlas | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 95.5% | 78.5% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 88.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 94.1% | 83.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 47.0% | 23.2% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SimpleBench | 79.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | 51.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 34.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| EBR-bench | 14.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1485 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1483 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1480 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1311 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1316 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 98.1% | 77.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.0% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 82.7 | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 82.7% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 59.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ProofBench | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1478 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MathArena | 30.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 91.0% | 87.0% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 87.4% | 75.5% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 64.8% | 55.8% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 64.5% | 58.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.9% | 66.3% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 69.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 96.4% | 91.2% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 59.1% | 34.1% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.5% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 73.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1497 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1486 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1487 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1459 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 67.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1234 | 1201 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1224 | 1220 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1202 | 1134 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1209 | 1206 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1234 | 1164 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1230 | 1190 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1284 | 1131 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1270 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 53.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 48.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 76.1% | 80.8% | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 56.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| IFBench | 77.1% | 69.9% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 82.0% | 67.7% | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
| DTBench | 97.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMCA | 53.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CL-bench | 20.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Furniture assembly | 26.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| ExploitBench | 26.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| CL-bench Life | 16.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text | 1480 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1466 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1482 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1478 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1476 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1527 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1490 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1491 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1455 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1487 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1481 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1497 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1498 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1487 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1482 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1481 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1465 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1287 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1364 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1304 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1322 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1345 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1330 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1324 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| MultiChallenge | 71.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1142 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3.1 Pro Preview$0.0080Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.1$0.0009Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.1 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.136Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.1$0.019Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.1 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$0.520Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.1$0.072Exceeds the context window
MiniMax M2.1 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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | MiniMax M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | February 19, 2026 | December 23, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | 32.3 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.99 | $0.59 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than MiniMax M2.1 for coding?
Only Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has a coding score, 32.3 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M2.1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick MiniMax M2.1 for output tokens 10.0x cheaper ($1.20 vs $12.00 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.59 against $0.99).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or MiniMax M2.1?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.1 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview costs $0.99 and MiniMax M2.1 $0.59.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or MiniMax M2.1?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M2.1 comparison based on?
28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M2.1's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.