Gemini 4 Carbon vs MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview
A direct, empirical evaluation of Gemini 4 Carbon (Google DeepMind) against MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview (MiniMax).
Gemini 4 Carbon
Developed by Google DeepMind · Carbon-Aware Frontier Transformer on TPU v6e parameters
Sub-watt green computing, 62% energy reduction per million tokens, carbon-aware datagrid routing, and eco-tier batch execution discounts.
MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview
Developed by MiniMax · Proprietary Sparse Coding MoE parameters
Low-latency interactive IDE code completions at 165 tokens/sec, SWE-bench Verified bug fixes (73.8%), terminal automation, and budget-optimized pull request reviews.
| Metric | Gemini 4 Carbon | MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.2% | 73.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 84.6% | 81.2% |
| MATH-500 | 91.4% | 92.4% |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input Pricing (per 1M) | $0.80 | $0.10 |
| Output Pricing (per 1M) | $2.40 | $0.40 |