Model comparison

MiniMax-M3 vs Muse Spark 1.2

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M3 costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 12, 2026. 25 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M3

MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.2

Summary

They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 1 category and Muse Spark 1.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 51.3 to 30.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 45.8% for MiniMax-M3 and 74.5% for Muse Spark 1.2.
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.2.
Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M3 and Muse Spark 1.2 specifications
	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
Provider	MiniMax	Meta
Noometry Index	43.8	50.3
Released	2026-06-01	2026-08-05
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	1M	1.05M
Max output	512K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$1.25
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$4.25
Results tracked	41	31

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena WebDev	1482	1533
SciCode	47.1%	56.4%
LMArena Coding	1469	1495
DeepSWE	—	54.9%
FrontierCode	14.7%	—
FrontierSWE	—	12%
WeirdML	—	60.3%
ALE-Bench	640.02	—

Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
APEX-Agents	37.7%	36.4%
OSWorld 2.0	4.6%	—
GBAEval	0.9%	—
GDP.pdf	—	16%
Vending-Bench 2	2,158	—

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
SimpleBench	45.8%	74.5%
NYT Connections (extended)	65.1%	79.2%
CritPt	3.7%	17.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1447	1486
DTBench	78.9%	94.7%
LMCA	33.7%	48.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	146.95	154.87
Chess Puzzles	14%	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	8%	—
Surface Evolver Bench	55%	—
ForecastBench	61.4	—

Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
ProofBench	18%	43%
LMArena Math	1429	1471
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	71.1%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Expert	1461	1480
GPQA Diamond	90.9%	—
SimpleQA Verified	—	60.3%

Multimodal Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Vision	1253	1305
LMArena Document	1435	—

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Non-English	1420	1478
LMArena Chinese	1463	1511
LMArena French	1447	1513
LMArena Russian	1428	1487
LMArena Spanish	1432	1498
LMArena German	1426	—
LMArena Japanese	1381	—
LMArena Korean	1372	—

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Instruction Following	1433	1461

Long Context Too close to call

MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Longer Query	1445	1475

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads

MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.2
LMArena Text	1433	1482
LMArena Creative Writing	1404	1449
LMArena Multi-Turn	1442	1494
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1840
EQ-Bench 4	1150	—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M3 better than Muse Spark 1.2?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3 or Muse Spark 1.2?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Is MiniMax-M3 or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Muse Spark 1.2 share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.