Gemini 4 Argon vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Different efforts: high · thinking
Humanity's Last Exam Humanity's Last Exam: Very hard expert questions across many fields, written to stump today’s models
Gemini 4 Argon57.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash48
AA Omniscience Index AA Omniscience Index: Scores factual knowledge while penalizing incorrect answers to encourage admitting uncertainty
Gemini 4 Argon42.4
MiniMax M3.1 Flash15.6
CritPt (physics) CritPt (physics): Research-level physics problems that need many careful reasoning steps
Gemini 4 Argon27.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash22.3
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2 AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2: Artificial Analysis combines tests of knowledge, reasoning, coding and tool use into one score
Gemini 4 Argon52.6
MiniMax M3.1 Flash42.7
AA Omniscience · Accuracy AA Omniscience · Accuracy: Measures correct answers on the AA Omniscience factual knowledge test
Gemini 4 Argon49.9
MiniMax M3.1 Flash56.2
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate: Measures how often attempted answers are incorrect on the AA Omniscience factual knowledge test · lower is better
Gemini 4 Argon15.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash92.8
AA-LCR (long context) 1.1 AA-LCR (long context) 1.1: Questions that need reading and connecting facts across very long documents (around 100K tokens)
Gemini 4 Argon79.7
MiniMax M3.1 Flash79.7
GDP.pdf · AA all-pass GDP.pdf · AA all-pass: Models reason over professional PDF documents; an attempt passes only when every atomic criterion passes
Gemini 4 Argon21.8
MiniMax M3.1 Flash20.8
Vals Legal Research Bench Vals Legal Research Bench: Grounded legal research; a task passes only if all criteria pass
Gemini 4 Argon54.8
MiniMax M3.1 Flash34.1
Arena Text · overall Arena Text · overall: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,524
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · Chinese Arena Text · chinese: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,608.3
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · English Arena Text · english: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,537.7
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · instruction following Arena Text · instruction following: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,535.6
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · non-English Arena Text · non english: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,521.7
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · Russian Arena Text · russian: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,534
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Arena Text · Spanish Arena Text · spanish: Human pairwise preferences in the stated text vote pool
Gemini 4 Argon1,504.4
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
SimpleQA Verified v1 SimpleQA Verified v1: Accuracy on short factual questions with verified answers, answered without web access
Gemini 4 Argon76
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
ARC-AGI-1 · public evaluation ARC-AGI-1 · public-eval: Models infer transformations from examples and solve unseen grid puzzles; the evaluation split is explicit
Gemini 4 Argon99.5
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private: Models infer transformations from examples and solve unseen grid puzzles; the evaluation split is explicit
Gemini 4 Argon98.5
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
ARC-AGI-2 · public evaluation ARC-AGI-2 · public-eval: Models infer transformations from examples and solve unseen grid puzzles; the evaluation split is explicit
Gemini 4 Argon97.1
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
ARC-AGI-2 · semi-private ARC-AGI-2 · semi-private: Models infer transformations from examples and solve unseen grid puzzles; the evaluation split is explicit
Gemini 4 Argon91.3
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
ARC-AGI-3 · semi-private ARC-AGI-3 · semi-private: Measures interactive game solving through relative human action efficiency
Gemini 4 Argon · low49.8
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles: Models choose the best next move from a novel chess position
Gemini 4 Argon59
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2) FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2): Models solve expert-written advanced mathematics problems on the named tier and edition
Gemini 4 Argon78
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2) FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2): Models solve expert-written advanced mathematics problems on the named tier and edition
Gemini 4 Argon86
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Mystery Game Puzzles Mystery Game Puzzles: Models choose the best move in puzzle positions from an undisclosed game
Gemini 4 Argon64
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
MathArena · ArXivMath · August 2026 MathArena · arxiv · 08/2026: Answer accuracy on the named mathematics competition under the recorded effort
Gemini 4 Argon82.5
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
MathArena · ArXivMath · September 2026 MathArena · arxiv · 09/2026: Answer accuracy on the named mathematics competition under the recorded effort
Gemini 4 Argon87.7
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
MathArena · BrokenArXiv · August 2026 MathArena · arxiv_false · 08/2026: Answer accuracy on the named mathematics competition under the recorded effort
Gemini 4 Argon54.2
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
MathArena · BrokenArXiv · September 2026 MathArena · arxiv_false · 09/2026: Answer accuracy on the named mathematics competition under the recorded effort
Gemini 4 Argon49.7
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
MathArena · ArXivLean · September 2026 MathArena · arxivlean · 09/2026: Answer accuracy on the named mathematics competition under the recorded effort
Gemini 4 Argon39.6
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Vals LegalBench Vals LegalBench: Legal reasoning and legal-language understanding on LegalBench
Gemini 4 Argon88.3
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Vals MedCode Vals MedCode: Medical coding accuracy on patient encounters
Gemini 4 Argon58.8
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Vals MedScribe Vals MedScribe: Accuracy of clinical notes produced from consultation transcripts
Gemini 4 Argon87.4
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
Vals Science Index Vals Science Index: Scientific problem solving across the index’s component evaluations
Gemini 4 Argon55.4
MiniMax M3.1 Flash—
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 57.1 | 48 |
| AA Omniscience Index | 42.4 | 15.6 |
| CritPt (physics) | 27.1 | 22.3 |
| AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2 | 52.6 | 42.7 |
| AA Omniscience · Accuracy | 49.9 | 56.2 |
| AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate | 15.1 | 92.8 |
| AA-LCR (long context) 1.1 | 79.7 | 79.7 |
| GDP.pdf · AA all-pass | 21.8 | 20.8 |
| Vals Legal Research Bench | 54.8 | 34.1 |
| Arena Text · overall | 1,524 | — |
| Arena Text · Chinese | 1,608.3 | — |
| Arena Text · English | 1,537.7 | — |
| Arena Text · instruction following | 1,535.6 | — |
| Arena Text · non-English | 1,521.7 | — |
| Arena Text · Russian | 1,534 | — |
| Arena Text · Spanish | 1,504.4 | — |
| SimpleQA Verified v1 | 76 | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 · public evaluation | 99.5 | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 · semi-private | 98.5 | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 · public evaluation | 97.1 | — |
| ARC-AGI-2 · semi-private | 91.3 | — |
| ARC-AGI-3 · semi-private | 49.8 · low | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 59 | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v2) | 78 | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 (v2) | 86 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 64 | — |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · August 2026 | 82.5 | — |
| MathArena · ArXivMath · September 2026 | 87.7 | — |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · August 2026 | 54.2 | — |
| MathArena · BrokenArXiv · September 2026 | 49.7 | — |
| MathArena · ArXivLean · September 2026 | 39.6 | — |
| Vals LegalBench | 88.3 | — |
| Vals MedCode | 58.8 | — |
| Vals MedScribe | 87.4 | — |
| Vals Science Index | 55.4 | — |
Specs
| Spec | Gemini 4 Argon | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M | !$2 | $0.15 |
| Output, per 1M | !$10 | $0.60 |
| Cost per task? | $1.99 | $0.22 |
| Speed, tok/s | 84 | 105 |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Weights | Closed | Closed |
| Released | Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| See images | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read PDFs | ✓ | — |
| Hear audio | ✓ | — |
| Watch video | ✓ | ✓ |
| Call tools | ✓ | Partial |
| Force a tool call | Partial | ? |
| Return strict JSON | ✓ | Partial |
| Search the web | ✓ | ? |
| Run code | ✓ | ? |
| Use a computer | ? | ? |
What breaks when you switch
Gemini 4 Argon → MiniMax M3.1 Flash
No PDF input
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.