Model comparison
Kimi K2.5 Instant vs MiniMax-M3
Kimi K2.5 Instant and MiniMax-M3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.6 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Kimi K2.5 Instant scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 7 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 40.2.
Side by side
| Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 43.6 | 43.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 42.6 (#97), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1404 | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | 1469 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Kimi K2.5 Instant: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 29.7 (#90), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1447 |
| SimpleBench | — | 45.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 65.1% |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 78.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.95 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
Math Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 39.4 (#105), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1442 | 1429 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#123), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1440 | 1461 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
Multimodal Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 40.2 (#50), MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | 1253 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 52.0 (#94), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1406 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1449 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1403 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1413 | 1426 |
| LMArena Korean | 1378 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1404 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1447 | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1381 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 75.3 (#65), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1430 | 1433 |
Long Context Too close to call
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 43.9 (#83), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Kimi K2.5 Instant: 60.6 (#95), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Kimi K2.5 Instant | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1381 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant better than MiniMax-M3?
Kimi K2.5 Instant and MiniMax-M3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.6 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Kimi K2.5 Instant or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (42.6 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Kimi K2.5 Instant and MiniMax-M3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Kimi K2.5 Instant has 18 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.