# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Minimax M2 5

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in 6 of 6 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.7 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Minimax M2 5: $0.47250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.7 Flash: closed weights.

Minimax M2 5: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in General LLM at #14 against #127.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in Reasoning at #16 against #119.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in Coding › Web dev at #25 against #77.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in Long context at #14 against #116.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in Factuality at #15 against #113.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash leads Minimax M2 5 in Abstraction (ARC) at #6 against #36.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Gemini 3.7 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in Vision (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GDP.pdf; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Feb 19, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).