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MiniMax M3 vs Muse Spark

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 22 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

MiniMax
69.8/100
Margin
1.2pts
winning →
71/100
3 category wins1 category wins

Verified leaderboard positions: MiniMax M3 #18; Muse Spark unranked

BenchAlign evidence: MiniMax M3 supported; Muse Spark supported. Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark share 22 comparable benchmark results. 4 of 8 categories are comparable. 23 results are unique to MiniMax M3; 19 to Muse Spark.

Updated July 16, 2026
Shared results
22
MiniMax M3 only
23
Muse Spark only
19
Comparable categories
4 / 8

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Spark only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 22 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 4 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

MiniMax M3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 70 to 63. 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 mathematics, where it averages 85.7 against 32.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 66% to 59%. Muse Spark does hit back in multimodal & grounded, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Muse Spark 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 262K for Muse Spark.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark
CategoryMiniMax M3ΔMuse Spark
MathMiniMax M385.7Margin 52.8Muse Spark32.9
MultimodalMiniMax M364.9Margin 17.6Muse Spark82.5
AgenticMiniMax M372.3Margin 13.3Muse Spark59.0
CodingMiniMax M372.2Margin 4.4Muse Spark67.8
ReasoningMiniMax M3Not measuredMarginNo overlapMuse Spark42.5
KnowledgeMiniMax M3Not measuredMarginNo overlapMuse Spark50.4

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · MiniMax M3B · Muse Spark
  1. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 66%B 59%
    Winner: MiniMax M3Δ 7
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: MiniMax M3 scored 66%; Muse Spark scored 59%. MiniMax M3 wins this benchmark.
  2. SWE-bench Pro

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 59%B 52.4%
    Winner: MiniMax M3Δ 6.6
    SWE-bench Pro: MiniMax M3 scored 59%; Muse Spark scored 52.4%. MiniMax M3 wins this benchmark.
  3. SWE-bench Verified

    Coding
    Source ↗
    A 80.5%B 77.4%
    Winner: MiniMax M3Δ 3.1
    SWE-bench Verified: MiniMax M3 scored 80.5%; Muse Spark scored 77.4%. MiniMax M3 wins this benchmark.
  4. MMMU-Pro

    Multimodal
    Source ↗
    A 78.1%B 80.4%
    Winner: Muse SparkΔ 2.3
    MMMU-Pro: MiniMax M3 scored 78.1%; Muse Spark scored 80.4%. Muse Spark wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricMiniMax M3Muse SparkComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensMiniMax M3$0.3 input / $1.2 outputMuse SparkNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondMiniMax M3Not availableMuse SparkNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenMiniMax M3Not availableMuse SparkNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensMiniMax M31MMuse Spark262KMiniMax M3 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticMiniMax M3 wins
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66%59%MiniMax M3 leads
BrowseCompSource 83.5%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 70.1%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 74.2%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 74.5%63.8%MiniMax M3 leads
AA Agentic IndexSource 35.4%28.7%MiniMax M3 leads
τ²-bench resultsSource 88.9%91.5%Muse Spark leads
GDPval-AASource 44.7%32.2%MiniMax M3 leads
GDPval-AASource 13951144MiniMax M3 leads
GDPval rubricsSource 74.7%Not comparable
BankerToolBenchSource 76.1%Not comparable
ResearchClawBenchSource 19.8%Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 4.6%Not comparable
AA BriefcaseSource 1110Not comparable
AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource 32.1%Not comparable
AA Harvey LABSource 6.7%Not comparable
DeepSearchQASource 74.8%Not comparable
CyberGymSource 43.5%Not comparable
CodingMiniMax M3 wins
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 80.5%77.4%MiniMax M3 leads
SWE-bench ProSource 59%52.4%MiniMax M3 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 66.0%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 42.1%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 58.6%58.6%Muse Spark leads
Terminal-Bench HardSource 42.4%45.5%Muse Spark leads
AA-SciCodeSource 45.4%51.5%Muse Spark leads
VIBE V2Source 50.1%Not comparable
SVG-BenchSource 63.7%Not comparable
KernelBench HardSource 28.8%Not comparable
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Source 65.2%Not comparable
LiveCodeBench ProSource 80.0%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 19.67%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
AA-LCRSource 74.0%69.7%MiniMax M3 leads
CritPtSource 3.7%11.3%Muse Spark leads
ARC-AGI-2Source 42.5%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 44.4%43.1%MiniMax M3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 92.9%88.4%MiniMax M3 leads
AA-HLESource 37.1%39.9%Muse Spark leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 1.4%4.1%Muse Spark leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 15.0%44.6%Muse Spark leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 16.1%73.2%MiniMax M3 leads
AA Openness IndexSource 33.3%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 89.5%Not comparable
HLESource 50.4%Not comparable
HLE w/o toolsSource 42.8%Not comparable
HealthBench HardSource 42.8%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (Text)Source 52.6%Not comparable
MathMiniMax M3 wins
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
USAMO 2026Source 85.7%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 39.000%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 14.600%Not comparable
MultimodalMuse Spark wins
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
OfficeQA ProSource 45.1%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source 91.6%Not comparable
MMMU-ProSource 78.1%80.4%Muse Spark leads
VideoMMMUSource 84.6%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 85.4%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1294Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.6%80.5%Muse Spark leads
CharXivSource 86.4%Not comparable
ERQASource 64.7%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 71.3%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 84.1%Not comparable
ZeroBenchSource 33.0%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 78.4%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 1444Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Muse SparkResult
AA-IFBenchSource 82.9%75.9%MiniMax M3 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark?

MiniMax M3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 70 to 63. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 66% and 59%.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark?

MiniMax M3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 72.2 versus 67.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark?

MiniMax M3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 85.7 versus 32.9. Muse Spark stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark?

MiniMax M3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.3 versus 59. Inside this category, GDPval-AA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark?

Muse Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 64.9. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: July 16, 2026

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