Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $3.75 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or MiniMax M2.5?

Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Gemini 3.6 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose Gemini 3.6 Flash or MiniMax M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Gemini 3.6 Flash	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.75	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$3.75	$1.20
Context window	1M	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jul 2026	Feb 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

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