Model comparison
MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen Plus
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 27.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for MiniMax-M3 and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
- MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-06-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 512K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 41 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1328 |
| FrontierCode | 14.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| SciCode | 47.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 640.02 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 37.7% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,158 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1317 |
| DTBench | 78.9% | 81.1% |
| LMCA | 33.7% | 24% |
| SimpleBench | 45.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.1% | — |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.95 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1326 |
| ProofBench | 18% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | 1328 |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1435 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1381 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | — |
| LMArena German | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1432 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1303 |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1433 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1404 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1336 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1150 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M3 better than Qwen Plus?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen Plus?
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen Plus share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.