Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M3 leads 62.3 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Open | 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 MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1470 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1447 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 147 |
| 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% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1432 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1462 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | — | 1445 |
| LMArena German | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1430 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1431 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1433 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and MiniMax-M3 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.