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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs MiniMax M3

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Winner summary

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview wins 3 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewarena·MiniMax M3
Hype vs Reality
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
#74 by perf·no signal
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MiniMax M3
#19 by perf·no signal
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Best value
11.5x better value than Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
8.1 pts/$
$7.00/M
MiniMax M3
93.3 pts/$
$0.75/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
Google DeepMind logo
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Low risk
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MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Head to head
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M3
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
MiniMax M3 leads by +14.0
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
21.4
MiniMax M3
35.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +10.3
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
68.8
MiniMax M3
58.6
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +2.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
46.5
MiniMax M3
44.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
MiniMax M3 leads by +58.0
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1447.0
MiniMax M3
1504.9
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads by +38.3
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
1486.4
MiniMax M3
1448.2
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMiniMax M3
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
21.435.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
68.858.6
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
46.544.4
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
1447.01504.9
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
1486.41448.2
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.1 Pro Preview$2.00$12.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$45.00
minimax logoMiniMax M3$0.30$1.201.0M tokens (~524 books)$5.25