Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Laguna XS.2
37
MiniMax M3
76
Verified leaderboard positions: Laguna XS.2 unranked · MiniMax M3 #12
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
Agentic
+36.2 difference
Coding
+11.9 difference
Laguna XS.2
MiniMax M3
$0 / $0
$0.3 / $1.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
131K
1M
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS.2 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.
MiniMax M3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 76 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MiniMax M3's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 71.9 against 35.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 35.7% to 66%.
MiniMax M3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Laguna XS.2. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Laguna XS.2 is the reasoning model in the pair, while MiniMax M3 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. MiniMax M3 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 131K for Laguna XS.2.
MiniMax M3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 76 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 35.7% and 66%.
MiniMax M3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 67 versus 55.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.9 versus 35.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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