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9 undominated of 134 · Aug 28, 2026
As of Aug 28, 2026, MiniMax M1 is dominated for Balanced on LMArena. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores 148.3 higher and costs 22% less, with a covering envelope. 9 of 134 rated, priced standard models are undominated.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is both better and cheaper than MiniMax M1.
Envelope-safe replacements
Each row scores at least as high, costs no more, and covers this model’s context, output, modalities, tools, and reasoning. A cheaper narrower model is not listed here.
| Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1490.2 +148.3 | $0.750/M | 22% |
| MiMo-V2.5-Pro | 1465.0 +123.1 | $0.544/M | 44% |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | 1456.2 +114.3 | $0.560/M | 42% |
| Qwen3.8 27B | 1440.8 +98.9 | $0.956/M | 1% |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | 1436.8 +94.9 | $0.731/M | 24% |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | 1436.5 +94.6 | $0.850/M | 12% |
| MiniMax M3 | 1434.8 +92.9 | $0.525/M | 45% |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | 1431.6 +89.7 | $0.101/M | 89% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1428.5 +86.6 | $0.450/M | 53% |
| MiMo-V2.5 | 1427.3 +85.4 | $0.175/M | 82% |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | 1417.3 +75.4 | $0.850/M | 12% |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | 1414.8 +72.9 | $0.563/M | 42% |
| Inkling Small | 1411.7 +69.8 | $0.637/M | 34% |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | 1397.6 +55.7 | $0.114/M | 88% |
| Nova 2 Lite | 1362.2 +20.3 | $0.850/M | 12% |
Higher score, lower price, named losses
Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation.
| Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.5 | 1445.2 | $0.900/M | context |
| GLM 5 | 1445.2 | $0.930/M | context |
| Gemma 4 31B | 1441.7 | $0.153/M | context, max output |
| Hy3 | 1441.2 | $0.144/M | context |
| GLM 4.6 | 1439.8 | $0.875/M | context |
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