Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs MiniMax-M2.5

Google · MiniMax · catalog 2026-09-14

MiniMax-M2.5 beats Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite: cheaper ($0.201 vs $0.331/M) and at least as smart (index 22.8 vs 22.7).

	Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	MiniMax-M2.5
Speed (tok/s)	320.2 measured	82.3 measured
Blended $/M	$0.331 derived	$0.201 derived
Intelligence index	22.7 measured	22.8 measured
TTFT (ms)	709 measured	168 measured
Context	1049k list	205k list
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite card · MiniMax-M2.5 card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.