# MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3 32B

> MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m3-vs-qwen3-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3 32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 40.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.9% for MiniMax-M3 and 65.7% for Qwen3 32B.
- MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
- MiniMax-M3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 38.8 |
| Rank | 81 | 166 |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)
- Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 47.1% | 35.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | 1358 |
| FrontierCode | 14.7% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 640.02 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)
- Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 37.7% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,158 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)
- Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.7% | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 78.9% | 67.5% |
| LMCA | 33.7% | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 147 | 138.51 |
| SimpleBench | 45.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |

## Math

- MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)
- Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 66.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1399 |
| ProofBench | 18% | — |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)
- Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 65.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1462 | 1362 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |

## Multimodal

- MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)
- Qwen3 32B: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1254 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1435 | — |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)
- Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1424 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1430 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1431 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)
- Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1305 |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)
- Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)
- Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1433 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1150 | — |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M3 better than Qwen3 32B?

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3 32B?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

### Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M3 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen3 32B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.