Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.
Step 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 35. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Step 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 84.5 against 44.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MuSR, 82 to 32.
Step 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 80K for MiniMax M1 80k.
Pick Step 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Step 3.5 Flash
60.2
MiniMax M1 80k
32.1
Step 3.5 Flash
47.1
MiniMax M1 80k
13.8
Step 3.5 Flash
66.7
MiniMax M1 80k
39
Step 3.5 Flash
78.3
MiniMax M1 80k
41.7
Step 3.5 Flash
60.8
MiniMax M1 80k
31.3
Step 3.5 Flash
87
MiniMax M1 80k
68
Step 3.5 Flash
82.8
MiniMax M1 80k
59.1
Step 3.5 Flash
84.5
MiniMax M1 80k
44.9
Step 3.5 Flash is ahead overall, 66 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MuSR, where the scores are 82 and 32.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 31.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.1 versus 13.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 44.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 41.7. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.2 versus 32.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.7 versus 39. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 59.1. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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