Model comparison
Command R+ vs MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 36.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 33.7% for MiniMax-M3.
- MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- MiniMax-M3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 4K | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1469 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | 45.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1447 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 78.9% |
| LMCA | 5% | 33.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 146.95 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 65.1% |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1429 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1461 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1432 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1433 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax-M3 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and MiniMax-M3 share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.