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Gemini 4 Hydrogen vs MiniMax M3

Gemini 4 Hydrogen leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 77.9 to 33.6 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 6.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $7.50 per million). Updated November 14, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 4 Hydrogen Replace MiniMax M3
Gemini 4 HydrogenGoogle
Coding
77.9
Overall
77.1
Output $/M
$7.50
40
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
33.6
Overall
47.1
Output $/M
$1.20
0
vs boards won of 40 shared

Gemini 4 Hydrogen or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding: it scores 77.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 5.

Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 6.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $7.50 per million).

Model AGemini 4 HydrogenGoogle77.9/1004 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax33.6/1005 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
40
Gemini 4 Hydrogen only
10
MiniMax M3 only
78
Like-for-like categories
7 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 Hydrogen 77.9 from 4 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 33.6 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 30.2 points apart on average over 9 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI): Gemini 4 Hydrogen 54.0% against MiniMax M3 1.0%, 70.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 4 Hydrogen $7.50 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 6.3x 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 HydrogenBarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding90
Agentic work20
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge50
Web design40
General130
All shared boards400
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index90
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench coding78.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
LMArena WebDev17041484Gemini 4 Hydrogen
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)54.0%1.0%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)87.8%47.6%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
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)54.0%2.0%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
FrontierCode 2.039.0%21.9%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
FrontierCodeNot measured14.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured640.0Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: coding15161468Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: software and IT15131463Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena WebDev: React17241479Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena WebDev: HTML17431460Gemini 4 Hydrogen
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 4.057.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured18.9Only MiniMax M3 measured
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured147.7Only MiniMax M3 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax 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 appsNot measured1169Only MiniMax M3 measured
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: spreadsheetsNot measured1159Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench research86.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
LiveBench browser77.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
LiveBench long agentic61.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured48.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)52.3%20.6%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)53.8%29.8%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)11.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured47.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured37.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$2,158Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured92.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench reasoning88.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen 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)58.8%16.0%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
CritPt v2, hard subset (Artificial Analysis run)66.0%28.0%Gemini 4 Hydrogen
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured90.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured45.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured17.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts15201442Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: expert15581460Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15141452Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
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 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured71.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ProofBenchNot measured18.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: math15071423Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: mathematical work15341443Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax 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-Omniscience46.3-5.5Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: science15191446Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14881433Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: legal and government15321430Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: business and finance14861431Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites13201249Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1235Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: game dev13691200Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1229Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: 3D14151189Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Design Arena: all code categories13331236Gemini 4 Hydrogen
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1146Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1149Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench design77.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index130
General benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3Leader
Vals Index68.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen measured
LiveBench data analysis83.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 4 Hydrogen 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)Not measured83.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GDPval-AANot measured1250Only MiniMax M3 measured
DTBenchNot measured78.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMCANot measured33.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured55.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text15021428Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: instruction following15191428Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: creative writing15091395Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena VisionNot measured1249Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: English14991440Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: non-English14951414Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: Chinese16311465Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1429Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1363Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1365Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: French15121439Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: Spanish14941424Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: Russian14921422Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1417Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14851439Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: longer queries15241440Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: writing and language15001411Gemini 4 Hydrogen
LMArena Text: entertainment and media15031398Gemini 4 Hydrogen
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 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 4 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax 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 Hydrogen$0.0053Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 4 Hydrogen$0.098Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 4 Hydrogen$0.375Fits 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 Hydrogen and MiniMax M3
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 4 HydrogenMiniMax M3
MakerGoogleMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedNovember 12, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$1.50$0.30
Output $/Mtok$7.50$1.20
Coding index77.933.6
Independent measurements behind it45
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 4 Hydrogen better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Gemini 4 Hydrogen for coding: it scores 77.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 33.6 for MiniMax M3, though on 4 benchmarks against 5. Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 6.3x cheaper ($1.20 vs $7.50 per million).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Hydrogen or MiniMax M3?

Gemini 4 Hydrogen costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $7.50 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 Hydrogen or MiniMax M3?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

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

40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of November 14, 2026. Gemini 4 Hydrogen'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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