Model comparison

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.5

Rank #81 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.0

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 49.3 to 39.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 71.1% for MiniMax-M3 and 93.3% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
MiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMiniMaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.545.0
Released2026-06-012026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output512K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$1.60
Results tracked4132

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.1 (#200)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCode14.7%10.2%
SciCode47.1%45.5%
LMArena Coding14701473
LMArena WebDev1482—
ALE-Bench640.02—

Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.2 (#130)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.04.6%2.8%
APEX-Agents37.7%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 22,158—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83), Qwen3.7 Plus: 38.4 (#54)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)65.1%74.8%
CritPt3.7%9.1%
Chess Puzzles14%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts14471460
Mystery Game Puzzles8%17%
DTBench78.9%84%
LMCA33.7%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index147147.39
SimpleBench45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55%—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83), Qwen3.7 Plus: 49.3 (#47)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%93.3%
LMArena Math14321467
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
ProofBench18%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#46)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond90.9%87.9%
LMArena Expert14621467

Multimodal Qwen3.7 Plus leads

MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45), Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.2 (#30)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision12541281
LMArena Document14351444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70), Qwen3.7 Plus: 55.0 (#36)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English14201445
LMArena Chinese14651510
LMArena French14451471
LMArena German14241471
LMArena Japanese13811411
LMArena Korean13721416
LMArena Russian14301457
LMArena Spanish14311453

Instruction Following Too close to call

MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.9 (#49)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14331439

Long Context Too close to call

MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#61)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14451454

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.5 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text14331454
LMArena Creative Writing14051439
LMArena Multi-Turn14411459
EQ-Bench 41150—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M3 better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.0 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 36.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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