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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs MiniMax M2.5 benchmark

Name: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking vs MiniMax M2.5 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Google) and MiniMax M2.5 (MiniMax) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 16, 2026. On preference Elo, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is ahead by 12 points (1,490 vs 1,478; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, MiniMax M2.5 resolves 75.8% versus 66.8% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking streams faster (115 tok/s) while Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the cheaper output token ($0.4/1M). Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo 1,490$0.4/1M out

MiniMax

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax coding model. Tied near the top of official SWE-bench bash-only in Feb 2026.

Elo 1,478$0.8999999999999999/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (8)vsMiniMax M2.5 (2)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 8W (80%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingMiniMax M2.5: 2W (20%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingMiniMax M2.5 →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,478

Coding Elo

1,515vs1,536

SWE-bench

66.8%vs75.8%

LiveBench

67%vs64.4%

GPQA Diamond

81%vs76.2%

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WMiniMax M2.5: 2W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs90 tok/s

Time to first token

220 msvs250 ms

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WMiniMax M2.5: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$0.9/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.22/1M

Context window

1Mvs205k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WMiniMax M2.5: 0W

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Dimensional AdvantageGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking 5/6

Preference Elo

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

12 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

25 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

$0.50/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

+1%1,490

EloHigh is better

1,478

Code Elo

High is better

1,515

Code EloHigh is better

1,536+1%

LiveBench

High is better

+4%67%

LiveBenchHigh is better

64.4%

SWE-bench

High is better

66.8%

SWE-benchHigh is better

75.8%+13%

GPQA

High is better

+6%81%

GPQAHigh is better

76.2%

TTFT

Low is better

+14%220 ms

TTFTLow is better

250 ms

Speed

High is better

+28%115 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

90 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+120%$0.1/1M

In $Low is better

$0.22/1M

Out $

Low is better

+125%$0.4/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.9/1M

Context

High is better

+412%1M

ContextHigh is better

205k

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 55% with Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking$9.50 / mo

In: $3.50Out: $6.00

MiniMax M2.5$21.20 / mo

In: $7.70Out: $13.50

Estimated Cost Delta

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is estimated to save $11.70/month ($140/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
MiniMax M2.5:Pick MiniMax M2.5 when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsMiniMax M2.5

Higher SWE-bench (75.8%).

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower TTFT (220 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	MiniMax M2.5	Higher SWE-bench (75.8%).
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower TTFT (220 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Elo 1,490

LiveBench67%

SWE-bench66.8%

Speed115 tok/s

Output cost$0.4/1M

MiniMax

MiniMax M2.5

Elo 1,478

LiveBench64.4%

SWE-bench75.8%

Speed90 tok/s

Output cost$0.9/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?: MiniMax M2.5 leads SWE-bench at 75.8% vs 66.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the lower time-to-first-token (220 ms vs 250 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 205k.
Can I self-host either model?: MiniMax M2.5 is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and MiniMax M2.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (8)vsMiniMax M2.5 (2)

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 8W (80%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingMiniMax M2.5: 2W (20%)

← Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingMiniMax M2.5 →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,490vs1,478

Coding Elo

1,515vs1,536

SWE-bench

66.8%vs75.8%

LiveBench

67%vs64.4%

GPQA Diamond

81%vs76.2%

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WMiniMax M2.5: 2W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

115 tok/svs90 tok/s

Time to first token

220 msvs250 ms

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 2WMiniMax M2.5: 0W

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (3/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.4/1Mvs$0.9/1M

Input price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.22/1M

Context window

1Mvs205k

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 3WMiniMax M2.5: 0W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsMiniMax M2.5

Higher SWE-bench (75.8%).

High-volume chatGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Lower TTFT (220 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	MiniMax M2.5	Higher SWE-bench (75.8%).
High-volume chat	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower output list price ($0.4/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Lower TTFT (220 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 leads SWE-bench at 75.8% vs 66.8%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking output tokens are $0.4/1M versus $0.9/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the lower time-to-first-token (220 ms vs 250 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 205k.

Can I self-host either model?

MiniMax M2.5 is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking and MiniMax M2.5 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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