Gemini 2.5 Flash vs MiniMax M1
Prices checked
Gemini 2.5 Flash takes 4 of 5 rounds against MiniMax M1. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85.
GoogleWins 4 roundsGemini 2.5 Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.42/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.17 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.30/M
$0.40/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$2.50/M
$2.20/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.42/M at Kilo Gateway
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.85/M
$0.85/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.17
$0.37
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
no
not published
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
17 Jun 2025
17 Jun 2025
Providers selling it
37
9
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$0.42 / $0.96
Eden AI$0.85 / $0.85
Nous Portal$0.85 / $0.96
OpenRouter$0.85 / $0.96
Gemini 2.5 Flash, then MiniMax M1, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
- Nous Portal · 13% dearer · $0.55 / $2.20 $0.40 / $2.20
- Kilo Gateway · 13% dearer · $0.55 / $2.20 $0.40 / $2.20
NanoGPT · 224% dearer · $0.30 / $2.50 $0.15 / $0.60
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash or MiniMax M1?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash, at $0.42 per million tokens against $0.85 for MiniMax M1, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash: $0.42 at Kilo Gateway. MiniMax M1: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.85 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Eden AI, Nous Portal, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Gemini 2.5 Flash, at 1M tokens against 1M.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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