# MiniMax-M3 vs QwQ-32B

> MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m3-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M3 scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M3 leads 58.4 to 37.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.9% for MiniMax-M3 and 65.3% for QwQ-32B.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 81 | 153 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1470 | 1333 |
| FrontierCode | 14.7% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1482 | — |
| SciCode | 47.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 640.02 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)
- QwQ-32B: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 37.7% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.9% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 2,158 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 147 | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | 58.3 |
| SimpleBench | 45.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 65.1% | — |
| CritPt | 3.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| DTBench | 78.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 33.7% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55% | — |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1359 |
| ProofBench | 18% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 65.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1462 | 1323 |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |

## Multimodal

- MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)
- QwQ-32B: —

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

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1445 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1424 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1381 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1372 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1430 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1431 | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1445 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1433 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1150 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

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

MiniMax-M3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

MiniMax-M3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M3 has 41 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.