what??? itachi can beat minato? actually its really no contest at all. you see minato beat tobi. easily the gap between tobi and minato are too far. while itachi knowing tobi would become a threat to konoha didnt dare to kill tobi. if he is stronger than minato he would easily stomp tobi with his powerful technique more easy than minato if you think he is stronger. itachi wanted to kill tobi to prevent him from getting to his brother, but why in the hell did he put a amaterasu to activate when sasuke see's tobis sharingan to just caught tobi offguard why didnt he just tried to kill him when he is alive???if he really is stronger than minato he can do it easy. so i say no way he can beat minato if he is just around the level of tobi U_U