Model comparison

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen1.5-110B

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-110B Alibaba (Qwen)

34.2

Rank #234 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 31.2.

Side by side

MiniMax-M3 and Qwen1.5-110B specifications
MiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
ProviderMiniMaxAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index43.834.2
Released2026-06-012024-04-25
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output512K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked4120

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Coding14691184
FrontierCode14.7%—
LMArena WebDev1482—
SciCode47.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—35%
BigCodeBench Complete—44.4%
ALE-Bench640.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
APEX-Agents37.7%—
OSWorld 2.04.6%—
GBAEval0.9%—
Vending-Bench 22,158—

Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Hard Prompts14471168
ForecastBench61.457.7
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—

Math MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Math14291185
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench18%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Expert14611144
GPQA Diamond90.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Qwen1.5-110B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Vision1253—
LMArena Document1435—

Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Non-English14201142
LMArena Chinese14631206
LMArena French14471151
LMArena German14261123
LMArena Japanese13811074
LMArena Korean13721044
LMArena Russian14281118
LMArena Spanish14321142

Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Instruction Following14331158

Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Longer Query14451157

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads

MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMiniMax-M3Qwen1.5-110B
LMArena Text14331175
LMArena Creative Writing14041148
LMArena Multi-Turn14421160
EQ-Bench 41150—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M3 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.

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