# ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs MiniMax-M3

> MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-0-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 3 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 39.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 10.3% for ERNIE 5.0 0110 and 65.1% for MiniMax-M3.
- MiniMax-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 43.5 |
| Rank | 129 | 81 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 42.3 (#94)
- MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1455 | 1470 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 47.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 640.02 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: —
- MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 37.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| GBAEval | — | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 2,158 |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 16.3 (#296)
- MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 10.3% | 65.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1446 | 1447 |
| SimpleBench | — | 45.8% |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| Thematic Generalization | 41.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 78.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 36.5 (#111)
- MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1437 | 1432 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 18% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.2 (#125)
- MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1427 | 1462 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |

## Multimodal

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.1 (#49)
- MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1248 | 1254 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1435 |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.3 (#47)
- MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1436 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1512 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1466 | 1445 |
| LMArena German | 1462 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1383 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1406 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1446 | 1430 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1431 |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.7 (#88)
- MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1413 | 1433 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#90)
- MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | 1445 |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.4 (#64)
- MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.0 0110 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1445 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1426 | 1405 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1433 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1150 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 41.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.3 vs 41.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and MiniMax-M3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.