Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs MiniMax-M3
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.3% for Llama 3-70B and 71.1% for MiniMax-M3.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1469 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| Cybench | 5% | — |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1447 |
| DTBench | 54.2% | 78.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | 146.95 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | 61.4 |
| SimpleBench | — | 45.8% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 65.1% |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| LMCA | — | 33.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | 71.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1429 |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1461 |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1232 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1426 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1432 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1433 |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1445 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1442 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and MiniMax-M3 share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.