Qwen3.7 Plus vs Gemini 3.5 Flash vs MiniMax-M3
Too close to call on our weighted score (Qwen3.7 Plus 70, MiniMax-M3 69, Gemini 3.5 Flash 69). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.7 Plus
70/100- ECI147.4
- Price$0.40 / $1.60
- Context1M
GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash
69/100- ECI154.5
- Price$1.50 / $9.00
- Context1.05M
MiniMaxMiniMax-M3
69/100- ECI147.0
- Price$0.30 / $1.20
- Context1.05M
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100, MiniMax-M3 69/100, Gemini 3.5 Flash 69/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Gemini 3.5 Flash for raw capability and MiniMax-M3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGemini 3.5 FlashCapabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.5 Flash 154.5 · Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 · MiniMax-M3 147.0
- Lowest priceMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3 $0.525 · Qwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · Gemini 3.5 Flash $3.38 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGemini 3.5 Flash and MiniMax-M3Gemini 3.5 Flash 1,048,576 · MiniMax-M3 1,048,576 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video · Gemini 3.5 Flash: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · MiniMax-M3: Text, Images, Video
- Self-hostingMiniMax-M3Publishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3.7 Plus | Gemini 3.5 Flash | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 75 | 84 | 74 |
| Price | 25% | 57 | 25 | 63 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 100 | 70 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 70/100 | 69/100 | 69/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | MiniMax-M3MiniMax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 147.4 | 154.5 (best) | 147.0 |
| ECI rank | #61 of 148 | #33 of 148 (best) | #62 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 87.9% | 92.8% (best) | 90.9% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 34.4% | 62.8% (best) | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 93.3% | 95.6% (best) | 71.1% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | — | 79.3% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 66.2% | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.40 | $1.50 | $0.30 (best) |
| Output | $1.60 | $9.00 | $1.20 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.04 (best) | $0.15 | $0.06 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.70 | $3.38 | $0.525 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Over 256K: $1.20 / $4.80 | Same rate | Over 512K: $0.60 / $2.40 |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official Google API | Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens | 65,536 tokens | 512,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yesminimal · low · medium · high | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | qwen3.7-plus | gemini-3.5-flash | MiniMax-M3 |
| API providers | 25 | 32 | 42 (best) |
| Released | Jun 2, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | Jan 2025 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
- Gemini 3.5 Flash$33.00
- MiniMax-M3$5.40
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3.7 Plus, Gemini 3.5 Flash or MiniMax-M3?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100, MiniMax-M3 69/100, Gemini 3.5 Flash 69/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Gemini 3.5 Flash for raw capability and MiniMax-M3 on price. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus, Gemini 3.5 Flash or MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price); Gemini 3.5 Flash costs $1.50 input / $9.00 output per million tokens (official Google API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.525 per million tokens for MiniMax-M3 versus $0.70 for Qwen3.7 Plus (1.3× as much) and $3.38 for Gemini 3.5 Flash (6.4× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Gemini 3.5 Flash 154.5 (#33 of 148), Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 (#61 of 148) and MiniMax-M3 147.0 (#62 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (152.5–156.6 vs 145.7–148.9), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Gemini 3.5 Flash 92.8%, MiniMax-M3 90.9%, Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Gemini 3.5 Flash 95.6%, Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, MiniMax-M3 71.1%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.7 Plus and MiniMax-M3 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Gemini 3.5 Flash leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash and MiniMax-M3 have the largest context windows (1,048,576 and 1,048,576 tokens), against 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7 Plus. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000, Gemini 3.5 Flash up to 65,536, MiniMax-M3 up to 512,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video; Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; MiniMax-M3 accepts text, images and video. Gemini 3.5 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
MiniMax-M3 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.7 Plus and Gemini 3.5 Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Qwen3.7 Plus is the newest, released Jun 2, 2026. MiniMax-M3 came out Jun 1, 2026; Gemini 3.5 Flash came out May 19, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025, Gemini 3.5 Flash Jan 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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