Model comparison
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 vs MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 38.5.
- MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 43.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.6 (#123), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1412 | 1469 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 28.4 (#106), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | 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 MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 39.0 (#119), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1425 | 1429 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 38.5 (#144), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1386 | 1461 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 49.5 (#131), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1372 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1425 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1391 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1360 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1324 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1371 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1382 | 1432 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 72.1 (#141), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1365 | 1433 |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 41.7 (#133), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1370 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20: 56.6 (#136), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1394 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1318 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1364 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 better than MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (41.6 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 and MiniMax-M3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 10 20 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.