# Gemini 3 Pro vs Minimax M2 5

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in 5 of 5 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, and Factuality.

Gemini 3 Pro: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

Minimax M2 5: $0.44 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3 Pro: closed weights.

Minimax M2 5: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in General LLM at #16 against #127.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in Reasoning at #22 against #119.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in Coding › Web dev at #59 against #77.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in Long context at #21 against #116.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro leads Minimax M2 5 in Factuality at #10 against #113.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3 Pro is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Nov 17, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 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).