Gemini 2.5 Flash vs MiniMax M2
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Google · Jun 2025
The 2025 fast-tier favorite: hybrid reasoning, full multimodality and a 1M context at $0.30/$2.50.
MiniMax · Oct 2025
A 10B-active MoE tuned purely for agents and code — striking capability-per-active-parameter at rock-bottom prices.
The verdict
Gemini 2.5 Flash and MiniMax M2 split the 2 benchmarks they share evenly (1–1), so capability alone won't settle this one. MiniMax M2 is about 1.6x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Gemini 2.5 Flash also takes 1.0M of context versus 205K for MiniMax M2. And MiniMax M2 is open-weights (MIT), so it can be self-hosted — a structural advantage if data control or vendor independence matters.
Benchmark head-to-head 1–1
Specs & pricing
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | MiniMax M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | 68.9 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 | $0.3 |
| Output price / 1M | $2.5 | $1.2 |
| Context window | 1.0M | 205K |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Open weights | no | yes (MIT) |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text, image, audio, video | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Released | Jun 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $6.75 | $4.80 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M2?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash and MiniMax M2 split the 2 benchmarks they share evenly (1–1), so capability alone won't settle this one. MiniMax M2 is about 1.6x cheaper per blended million tokens (3:1 input:output mix). Gemini 2.5 Flash also takes 1.0M of context versus 205K for MiniMax M2. And MiniMax M2 is open-weights (MIT), so it can be self-hosted — a structural advantage if data control or vendor independence matters.
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M2?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash costs $0.3/$2.5 per million input/output tokens, while MiniMax M2 costs $0.3/$1.2. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $6.75 versus $4.80.
- Which model is better for coding, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M2?
- On SWE-bench Verified — the standard agentic-coding benchmark — MiniMax M2 scores 69.4% versus ~48.9% for Gemini 2.5 Flash, making MiniMax M2 the stronger pick for coding agents.