Models / Compare /Gemma 4 31B vs MiniMax M2.5
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Gemma 4 31B vs MiniMax M2.5
Compared on live catalog data — pricing synced daily, benchmark scores with provenance.
The short version
- Gemma 4 31B is cheaper to run hosted: $0.34/M output vs $0.90/M for MiniMax M2.5 (2.6× difference at the cheapest tracked provider).
- Gemma 4 31B takes 262K tokens of context vs 205K for MiniMax M2.5.
- Gemma 4 31B has downloadable weights (OPEN) so you can self-host it; we hold no downloadable copy of MiniMax M2.5, so it runs through a provider's API.
- Gemma 4 31B scores 1498.1274 on Arena Coding vs 1444.2371 for MiniMax M2.5.
- Gemma 4 31B scores 1420.5646 on Arena Creative Writing vs 1357.2777 for MiniMax M2.5.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | MiniMax | |
| Parameters | 32.7B | 229B |
| 262K | 205K | |
| Weights | OPEN | OPEN* |
| License | Apache License 2.0 | Custom licence |
| Modality | text+image+video->text | text->text |
| Released | Mar 11, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 20.6 GBest | 144.2 GBest | |
| Cheapest hosted | $0.10 / $0.34 per 1M (OpenRouter) | $0.15 / $0.90 per 1M (OpenRouter) |
| Tracked providers | 22 | 17 |
Gemma 4 31B — our take
Gemma 4 is a 32.7-billion-parameter text, image and video model from Google with a permissive Apache licence. It scores consistently across six Arena categories, with coding as its relative standout, and is available from ten hosts with a wide spread in price and speed.
full breakdown →MiniMax M2.5 — our take
MiniMax M2.5 is a large text-only model with 228.7 billion parameters, released in early 2026. Its standout feature is a coding score that sits well above its general chat rating, though a custom restricted licence and lack of multimodal support limit where it fits.
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