Model comparison

MiniMax-M3 vs o1-pro

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

o1-pro OpenAI

31.5

Rank #271 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 29.7.
  • MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
  • MiniMax-M3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
  • MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M3 and o1-pro specifications
MiniMax-M3o1-pro
ProviderMiniMaxOpenAI
Noometry Index43.831.5
Released2026-06-012025-03-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M200K
Max output512K100K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$150
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$600
Results tracked413

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), o1-pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
FrontierCode14.7%—
LMArena WebDev1482—
SciCode47.1%—
LMArena Coding1469—
ALE-Bench640.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), o1-pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
APEX-Agents37.7%—
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 22,158—

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), o1-pro: 20.4 (#239)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
SimpleBench45.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)65.1%—
ARC-AGI-1—23.3%
CritPt3.7%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
EnigmaEval—6.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1447—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
DTBench78.9%—
LMCA33.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.95—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), o1-pro: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench18%—
LMArena Math1429—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), o1-pro: 29.7 (#234)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
GPQA Diamond90.9%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
LMArena Expert1461—

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), o1-pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
LMArena Vision1253—
LMArena Document1435—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), o1-pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
LMArena Non-English1420—
LMArena Chinese1463—
LMArena French1447—
LMArena German1426—
LMArena Japanese1381—
LMArena Korean1372—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1432—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), o1-pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), o1-pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
LMArena Longer Query1445—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), o1-pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3o1-pro
LMArena Text1433—
LMArena Creative Writing1404—
EQ-Bench 41150—
LMArena Multi-Turn1442—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M3 better than o1-pro?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3 or o1-pro?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M3 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and o1-pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.

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