MiniMax Released June 2026
How MiniMax-M3 compares with the other 88 ranked language models.
Better for simple tasks. Ranked #67 of 89 on the overall intelligence score, ahead of 25% of models.
Average speed. Writes about 78 words per second, faster than 65% of models.
Short wait before answering. You wait about 20 sec before the answer starts.
Cheap to use. $0.53 per million tokens, cheaper than 78% of models.
Good for
Not ideal for
Intelligence
19
overall score
#67 of 89typical 30
Coding
–
coding score
typical –
Speed
104
tokens per second
#32 of 89typical 91
Wait
20 sec
before it replies
#49 of 79typical 15s
Price
$0.53
per 1M tokens
#19 of 84typical $2.00
Scores on individual tests that make up the intelligence score. The faint line marks the best score of any model.
Humanity's Last Exam
Very hard expert questions across many subjects
GPQA Diamond
PhD-level biology, physics and chemistry questions
SciCode
Writing code to solve science research problems
Long documents
Finding and reasoning over facts in very long texts
Terminal-Bench
Doing real tasks on a computer by itself, like an agent
Customer support
Helping bank customers as a support agent using tools
Following instructions
Sticking exactly to detailed formatting and rules
τ²-Bench
Completing multi-step tasks with tools for a user
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Through the API, at the listed price. Chat apps usually charge a monthly plan instead.
1,000 chat replies
a question and a ~350-word answer, 1,000 times
Summarise a 100-page report
about 50,000 words in, a one-page summary out
Write a 2,000-word article
a short brief in, a long article out
Input, per 1M tokens
$0.30
Output, per 1M tokens
$1.20
Median times measured through the API.
1 token is about ¾ of a word. Speeds change with server load, so treat these as typical, not guaranteed.
Other companies' models with the closest intelligence score.
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.
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