Model comparison

MiniMax-M3 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Think

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Think in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 35.7.

Side by side

MiniMax-M3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think specifications
MiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
ProviderMiniMaxAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index43.837.9
Released2026-06-01—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output512K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked4115

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 37.7 (#189)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Coding14691291
FrontierCode14.7%—
LMArena WebDev1482—
SciCode47.1%—
ALE-Bench640.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
APEX-Agents37.7%—
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 22,158—

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 25.2 (#150)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Hard Prompts14471272
SimpleBench45.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)65.1%—
CritPt3.7%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
DTBench78.9%—
LMCA33.7%—
Surface Evolver Bench55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.95—
ForecastBench61.4—

Math MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 36.3 (#168)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Math14291305
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench18%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 35.7 (#181)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Expert14611295
GPQA Diamond90.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Vision1253—
LMArena Document1435—

Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.1 (#231)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Non-English14201209
LMArena Chinese14631242
LMArena French14471260
LMArena German14261262
LMArena Russian14281193
LMArena Spanish14321289
LMArena Japanese1381—
LMArena Korean1372—

Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 65.6 (#218)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Instruction Following14331247

Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 38.6 (#195)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Longer Query14451272

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Olmo 3.1 32b Think: 46.2 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Olmo 3.1 32b Think
LMArena Text14331272
LMArena Creative Writing14041226
LMArena Multi-Turn14421252
EQ-Bench 41150—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M3 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Think?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiniMax-M3 or Olmo 3.1 32b Think better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Think share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Think has 15.

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