Model comparison
MiniMax-M3 vs Ring-2.6-1T
MiniMax-M3 has enough public results to be ranked (#85); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Ant Group (inclusionAI)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 2 categories and Ring-2.6-1T in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax-M3 leads 30.1 to 26.1.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Ant Group (inclusionAI) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 36.9 |
| Released | 2026-06-01 | 2026-05-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 512K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118), Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 47.1% | 42.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 640.02 | 432.57 |
| FrontierCode | 14.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1469 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 37.7% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,158 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax-M3 leads
MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87), Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| SimpleBench | 45.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| DTBench | 78.9% | — |
| LMCA | 33.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.95 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 18% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1429 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1435 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1463 | — |
| LMArena French | 1447 | — |
| LMArena German | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1432 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83), Ring-2.6-1T: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Ring-2.6-1T |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1433 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1404 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1442 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M3 better than Ring-2.6-1T?
MiniMax-M3 has enough public results to be ranked (#85); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is MiniMax-M3 or Ring-2.6-1T better for coding?
MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Ring-2.6-1T share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Ring-2.6-1T has 3.