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MiniMax-M3

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Verdict

MiniMax-M3 is a solid mid-pack model: #145 of 406 by SIscope score. Strongest at reasoning & knowledge, weaker at agents & tools. Cheaper than 69% of priced models. Weights are open, so you can run it yourself.

SIscope score
58
#145 of 406
Human-vote rank
#93
of 419 · score 1431
Price per 1M tokens, blended
$0.53
$0.3 in · $1.2 out
Context window
1M
1,048,576 tokens

Shape

Each spoke is a category, 0 at the centre, 100 at the edge.

CodingAgentsReasoningMathChatInstructions

Category scores

Percentiles: 90 means better than about 90% of tested models.

Coding69
Agents & tools11
Reasoning & knowledge84
Math62
Chat quality78
Following instructions83

What goes into each category · Compare with Gemini 4 Carbon

Human-vote score over time

Text arena, recent updates.

142514331440Oct 20: 1432.6 (rank #91)Oct 22: 1431.7 (rank #93)Oct 28: 1431.3 (rank #93)Oct 20Oct 28

Coding votes over time

WebDev arena, recent updates.

147514831490Oct 16: 1482.5 (rank #64)Oct 18: 1482.3 (rank #65)Oct 19: 1482.4 (rank #66)Oct 22: 1482.4 (rank #66)Oct 23: 1482.3 (rank #67)Oct 27: 1483.3 (rank #68)Oct 28: 1483.3 (rank #69)Oct 16Oct 28

Independent test runs

Run by Epoch AI on the same harness for every model. Bars show the share of questions answered correctly.

GPQA Diamond91%
PhD-level science multiple choice questions
Better than 88% of 333 tested models. Run Aug 10, 2026.
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2571%
Competition maths problems in the style of AIME
Better than 52% of 313 tested models. Run Aug 10, 2026.

Human-vote arenas

People compare two anonymous answers and pick the better one. Scores work like chess ratings.

ArenaRankScoreRange (95%)VotesUpdated
Text arena
Everyday chat, blind human votes
#93 of 41914311428–143568,611Oct 28, 2026
WebDev arena
Building web apps, blind human votes
#69 of 15214831478–148921,032Oct 28, 2026
Vision arena
Questions about images, blind human votes
#62 of 16712511245–125719,844Oct 19, 2026
Agent arena
Real multi-step agent sessions
#51 of 57-10.4%-11.6–-9.2%44,359Nov 2, 2026

Source: Arena (formerly LMArena) leaderboard dataset, CC BY 4.0. Fetched Nov 4, 2026.

Price

Input
$0.3
per 1M tokens
Output
$1.2
per 1M tokens
Blended
$0.53
3 in : 1 out, per 1M
Context window
1M
max tokens per request
Speed
Coming soon
our own tests

List price from the OpenRouter models API (minimax/minimax-m3), Nov 4, 2026. Providers can charge differently.