Model comparison
MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen2-72B
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen2-72B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 21.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.9% for MiniMax-M3 and 40.8% for Qwen2-72B.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2026-06-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 512K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | 1196 |
| FrontierCode | 14.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| SciCode | 47.1% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
| ALE-Bench | 640.02 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 37.7% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,158 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.95 | 125.28 |
| 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% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |
Math MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1429 | 1235 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 18% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | 1171 |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Qwen2-72B: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1435 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1447 | 1170 |
| LMArena German | 1426 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1381 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1432 | 1169 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1181 |
Long Context MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1192 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1433 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1404 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | 1196 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1150 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M3 better than Qwen2-72B?
MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen2-72B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.