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MiniMax-M3
MiniMax's open-weights MoE model line; M3 is natively multimodal with ~428B total and ~23B activated parameters.
- MiniMax
- Open weights
- Released 1 Jun 2026
Where it ranks
- AChat & assistantsModels · Local · 1,441 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control)
- BWritingModels · Local · 1,405 on LMArena Text Arena: Creative Writing (style control)
- CCodingModels · Local · 1,482 on LMArena WebDev / Code Arena (overall)
- AImage understandingModels · Local · 1,236 on LMArena Vision Arena (overall, style control)
- CVector graphics & logosModels · Local · 1,160 on Design Arena SVG
- CBrowser & computer agentsModels · Local · 4.6% on OSWorld 2.0 (end-to-end models)
- BSlides & presentationsModels · Local · 1,205 on Design Arena Python-PPTX Slides
Facts
- Vendor
- MiniMax
- Family
- MiniMax
- Released
- 1 Jun 2026
- Weights
- Open: download and run it yourself
- License
- MiniMax Community License
- Parameters
- 428B (23B active)
- GPU memory to run locally
- ~245 GB (4-bit ≈ 428 B × 0.57 GB ≈ 245 GB, estimate.)
- API price
- $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M tokens
- Access
- Free (open weights)
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Price from openrouter.ai, 18 Oct 2026.
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Result | Entry on the leaderboard | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 29 | MiniMax-M3Raw value from the page's embedded model data; the site displays it rounded to an integer. | 18 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
| Artificial Analysis MMMU-Pro (independent evaluation) | 78.6% | MiniMax-M3Raw fraction 0.7855 from the model data embedded in https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models, converted to percent; rank 35 of 124 entries with an MMMU-Pro result; no last-updated date shown. | 19 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
| Design Arena HTML Slides | 1,180 | MiniMax M31,246 battles. Read from the site's own API (page renders client-side). | 18 Oct 2026 | designarena.ai |
| Design Arena Python-PPTX Slides | 1,205 | MiniMax M31,056 battles. Read from the site's own API (page renders client-side). | 18 Oct 2026 | designarena.ai |
| Design Arena SVG | 1,160 | MiniMax M3Design Arena SVG, rank 61, 2593 battles; rows read from POST https://www.designarena.ai/api/leaderboard (arenaType 'models', category 'svg'); names from https://www.designarena.ai/api/registry | 19 Oct 2026 | designarena.ai |
| LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) | 1,441 | minimax-m3From LMArena's official leaderboard-dataset (text_style_control, split latest, category overall, published 2026-10-15), which mirrors https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text (site blocks automated fetches). | 15 Oct 2026 | huggingface.co |
| LMArena Text Arena: Creative Writing (style control) | 1,405 | minimax-m3From LMArena's official leaderboard-dataset (text_style_control, split latest, category creative_writing, published 2026-10-15), which mirrors https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text/creative-writing (site blocks automated fetches). Rank 101 of 414; 11713 votes; 95% CI 1398.8-1412.1. | 15 Oct 2026 | huggingface.co |
| LMArena Vision Arena (overall, style control) | 1,236 | minimax-m3From LMArena's official leaderboard-dataset (vision_style_control, split latest, category overall, published 2026-10-09), which mirrors https://arena.ai/leaderboard/vision (site blocks automated fetches). Rank 69 of 165; 19026 votes; 95% CI 1229.1-1242.0. | 9 Oct 2026 | huggingface.co |
| LMArena WebDev / Code Arena (overall) | 1,482 | MiniMax-M3From LMArena's official leaderboard-dataset (webdev = Code Arena, split latest, category overall, published 2026-10-18), which mirrors https://arena.ai/leaderboard/webdev. Rank 65; 19670 votes; 95% CI 1476.8-1487.8. | 18 Oct 2026 | huggingface.co |
| OSWorld 2.0 (end-to-end models) | 4.6% | MiniMax M3reasoning enabled, standard tools; 500-step budget; original task release v2026.06.24; partial score 22.3; read from the page's official-results.json | 15 Oct 2026 | osworld-v2.xlang.ai |
| OSWorld-Verified (models) | 75.2% | MiniMax M3General model; 100 max steps; 269.18/358 tasks; entry date 2026-06-08; read from osworld_verified_results.xlsx | 18 Oct 2026 | os-world.github.io |
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Earlier versions
- MiniMax-M2.7 · —
- MiniMax-M2.5 · 12 Feb 2026
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Sources
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3
- https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset
- https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models
- https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models/minimax/minimax-m3/endpoints
- https://codersera.com/blog/minimax-m3-release-date-whats-new-2026/amp/
- https://os-world.github.io/
- https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/
- https://arena.ai/leaderboard/vision
- https://arena.ai/leaderboard/text/creative-writing
- https://www.designarena.ai/leaderboard/agentic-html-slides
- https://www.designarena.ai/leaderboard/agentic-slides
- https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/mmmu-pro
- https://www.designarena.ai/leaderboard/svgs