gemini-3-pro-preview vs minimax-m3
Side-by-side comparison of gemini-3-pro-preview and minimax-m3: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. minimax-m3 outperforms gemini-3-pro-preview on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks.
gemini-3-pro-preview
Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$12.00
Context
1.0M
Model ID
google/gemini-3-pro-preview
MiniMax50% off
minimax-m3
Input / 1M
$0.60$0.30
Output / 1M
$2.40$1.20
Context
1M
Model ID
minimaxi/minimax-m3
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
gemini-3-pro-preview32.4%
minimax-m335.7%
Coding Indexcoding
gemini-3-pro-previewN/A
minimax-m358.6%
Math Indexmath
gemini-3-pro-preview95.7%
minimax-m3N/A
GPQA Diamondreasoning
gemini-3-pro-preview90.8%
minimax-m392.9%
AIME 2025math
gemini-3-pro-preview95.7%
minimax-m3N/A
LiveCodeBenchcoding
gemini-3-pro-preview91.7%
minimax-m3N/A
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
gemini-3-pro-preview41.7%
minimax-m342.4%
τ²-Benchagentic
gemini-3-pro-preview87.1%
minimax-m388.9%
SciCodecoding
gemini-3-pro-previewN/A
minimax-m347.1%
MMLU Proknowledge
gemini-3-pro-preview89.8%
minimax-m3N/A
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
gemini-3-pro-preview39.7%
minimax-m339.0%
Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.
Pricing & specifications
| gemini-3-pro-preview | minimax-m3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $2.00 | $0.60$0.30 |
| Output price / 1M | $12.00 | $2.40$1.20 |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Vision input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | Yes |
| Computer use | N/A | N/A |
| Provider | Google LLC (Gemini API) | MiniMax |
Questions people ask
Is gemini-3-pro-preview better than minimax-m3?
minimax-m3 outperforms gemini-3-pro-preview on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: gemini-3-pro-preview and minimax-m3 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, gemini-3-pro-preview or minimax-m3?
minimax-m3 is cheaper. gemini-3-pro-preview costs $2.00/$12.00 per 1M input/output tokens, while minimax-m3 costs $0.30/$1.20. The prices shown are what you pay: minimax-m3 runs at 50% off its list rate of $0.60 per 1M input and $2.40 per 1M output.
Can I use gemini-3-pro-preview and minimax-m3 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "google/gemini-3-pro-preview" and "minimaxi/minimax-m3", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
gemini-3-pro-preview supports up to 1.0M tokens of context. minimax-m3 supports up to 1M tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.
Switch between gemini-3-pro-preview and minimax-m3 with one line of code
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