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Gemini 4 Carbon vs MiniMax M3

Gemini 4 Carbon leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 86.6 to 33.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 8.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $10.00 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 52 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 4 Carbon Replace MiniMax M3
Gemini 4 CarbonGoogle
Coding
86.6
Overall
88.3
Output $/M
$10.00
51
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
33.6
Overall
47.1
Output $/M
$1.20
1
vs boards won of 52 shared

Gemini 4 Carbon or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Gemini 4 Carbon for coding: it scores 86.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 5.

Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 8.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Model AGemini 4 CarbonGoogle86.6/1004 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax33.6/1005 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
52
Gemini 4 Carbon only
21
MiniMax M3 only
66
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 4 Carbon 86.6 from 4 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 33.6 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 37.9 points apart on average over 10 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vending-Bench 2: Gemini 4 Carbon $16,484 against MiniMax M3 $2,158, 86.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 4 Carbon $10.00 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 8.3x apart.
Context window
Both take 1.05M tokens.

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 4 CarbonBarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding100
Intelligence20
Agentic work60
Reasoning90
Math20
Knowledge50
Web design50
General121
All shared boards511
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index100
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench coding91.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LMArena WebDev17681484Gemini 4 Carbon
AA Coding IndexNot measured58.6Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured75.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)63.1%1.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)89.1%47.6%Gemini 4 Carbon
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured19.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured53.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured33.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured9.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured65.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SciCodeNot measured47.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured42.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Artificial Analysis run)65.2%2.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
FrontierCode 2.040.6%21.9%Gemini 4 Carbon
FrontierCodeNot measured14.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
FrontierSWE61.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
ALE-Bench2374.7640.0Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: coding15641468Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: software and IT15521463Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena WebDev: React17921479Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena WebDev: HTML17701460Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1473Only MiniMax M3 measured
GameBench 2Not measured29.0Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 4.0Not measured7.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CursorBench 4.060.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence Index60.018.9Gemini 4 Carbon
Epoch Capabilities Index169.8147.7Gemini 4 Carbon
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured29.5Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1186Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1175Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps12841169Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1156Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1110Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1076Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1171Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets12241159Gemini 4 Carbon
LiveBench research92.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LiveBench browser80.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LiveBench long agentic72.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured48.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)51.8%20.6%Gemini 4 Carbon
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)55.8%29.8%Gemini 4 Carbon
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)17.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured47.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-Agents84.2%37.7%Gemini 4 Carbon
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$16,484$2,158Gemini 4 Carbon
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured92.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench reasoning90.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured92.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
HLE-Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)69.1%16.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run)69.0%28.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)96.5%90.9%Gemini 4 Carbon
ARC-AGI98.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
ARC-AGI-294.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
SimpleBench92.6%45.8%Gemini 4 Carbon
Chess puzzles78.0%17.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
Mystery game puzzles73.0%8.0%Gemini 4 Carbon
EBR-bench87.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts15511442Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: expert15821460Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15451452Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIME100.0%71.1%Gemini 4 Carbon
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 390.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
FrontierMath, tier 495.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
ProofBenchNot measured18.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1423Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical work15381443Gemini 4 Carbon
MathArena85.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
MMLU ProNot measured84.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured46.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
AA-Omniscience53.5-5.5Gemini 4 Carbon
SimpleQA Verified77.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LMArena Text: science15351446Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare15251433Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: legal and government15421430Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: business and finance15201431Gemini 4 Carbon
FACTS Benchmark Suite78.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
PRBench Legal53.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites13191249Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: UI components13571235Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: game dev13261200Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1229Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: 3D14341189Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: all code categories13481236Gemini 4 Carbon
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1146Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1149Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench design80.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index121
General benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
Vals Index70.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LiveBench data analysis86.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured85.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured87.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured60.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
IFBenchNot measured82.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)79.3%83.0%MiniMax M3
GDPval-AA17331250Gemini 4 Carbon
DTBenchNot measured78.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMCANot measured33.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured55.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Furniture assembly77.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Carbon measured
LMArena Text15381428Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: instruction following15391428Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: creative writing15331395Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena VisionNot measured1249Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: English15301440Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: non-English15341414Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: Chinese16131465Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1429Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1363Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1365Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1439Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1424Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: Russian15601422Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1417Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn15691439Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: longer queries15491440Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: writing and language15421411Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Text: entertainment and media15271398Gemini 4 Carbon
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1260Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1310Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1256Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1196Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1232Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1437Only MiniMax M3 measured
EQ-Bench 4Not measured1140Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3Leader
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 4 Carbon$0.0070Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 4 Carbon$0.130Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 4 Carbon$0.500Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 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 4 Carbon and MiniMax M3
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 4 CarbonMiniMax M3
MakerGoogleMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedNovember 10, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$2.00$0.30
Output $/Mtok$10.00$1.20
Coding index86.633.6
Independent measurements behind it45
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 4 Carbon better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Gemini 4 Carbon for coding: it scores 86.6 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 5. Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 8.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $10.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Carbon or MiniMax M3?

Gemini 4 Carbon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M3 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Carbon or MiniMax M3?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Carbon vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

52 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Gemini 4 Carbon's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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