MiniMax's most capable model with advanced reasoning and long context.
Google's high-speed thinking model for agentic workflows, chat, and coding.
No shared agent demos for these models yet.
No captured outputs for these models yet.
Based on the Capability Index, Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher (86.2 vs 79.2). However, "better" depends on your use case — pricing, speed, context window, and specific capability needs all matter.
MiniMax M2.5 has a lower blended cost. MiniMax M2.5: $0.15 input / $0.90 output. Gemini 3.5 Flash: $1.50 input / $9.00 output.
Gemini 3.5 Flash has a larger context window: MiniMax M2.5 supports 197K tokens vs Gemini 3.5 Flash at 1M tokens.
Gemini 3.5 Flash supports vision/image input, but MiniMax M2.5 does not.
Key differences: Gemini 3.5 Flash has a notably higher capability index (7.0 point gap); MiniMax M2.5 is significantly cheaper; only Gemini 3.5 Flash supports vision input. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both MiniMax M2.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.