Noometry

Model comparison

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct vs MiniMax-M3

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M3 leads 62.1 to 34.1.

Side by side

Granite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
ProviderIBMMiniMax
Noometry Index33.243.8
Released—2026-06-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—512K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1241

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Coding11491469
FrontierCode—14.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482
SciCode—47.1%
ALE-Bench—640.02

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents—37.7%
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
Vending-Bench 2—2,158

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Hard Prompts11381447
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

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Math11591429
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—71.1%
ProofBench—18%

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Expert11311461
GPQA Diamond—90.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision—1253
LMArena Document—1435

Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English10681420
LMArena Chinese11391463
LMArena Russian10631428
LMArena French—1447
LMArena German—1426
LMArena Japanese—1381
LMArena Korean—1372
LMArena Spanish—1432

Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following11161433

Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query11551445

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

BenchmarkGranite 3.1 2b InstructMiniMax-M3
LMArena Text11271433
LMArena Creative Writing11161404
LMArena Multi-Turn10991442
EQ-Bench 4—1150

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better than MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 3.1 2b Instruct or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 2b Instruct and MiniMax-M3 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.

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