Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

$1.62 / task
Wins 3 of 4 benchmarks
$0.22 / task
Wins 0 of 4 benchmarks
Gemini 4 Argon57.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash48
Gemini 4 Argon57.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash25.8
Gemini 4 Argon77.5
MiniMax M3.1 Flash72.5
Gemini 4 Argon—
MiniMax M3.1 Flash79.1

Specs

SpecGemini 4 ArgonMiniMax M3.1 Flash
Input, per 1M!$2$0.15
Output, per 1M!$10$0.60
Cost per task?$1.62$0.22
Speed, tok/s79121
Context1M1M
WeightsClosedClosed
ReleasedOct 2026Oct 2026
See images✓✓
Read PDFs✓—
Hear audio✓—
Watch video✓✓
Call tools✓✓
Force a tool callPartial?
Return strict JSON✓—
Search the web✓?
Run code✓?
Use a computer??

What breaks when you switch

Gemini 4 Argon → MiniMax M3.1 Flash
No PDF input
No strict JSON
Complete model response must be appended›

In multi-turn tools, preserve the complete assistant response, including reasoning_content and tool_calls, to maintain reasoning continuity.

MiniMax M3.1 Flash → Gemini 4 Argon
Synchronous output stops at 65,536›

With background false, output limits above 65,536 tokens return HTTP 400; stay at or below that limit.

Sampling parameters are ignored›

temperature, top_p and top_k are ignored; remove them from requests.

No explicit caching›

Explicit caching is unavailable; omit explicit cache requests.