# Claude Haiku 4.5 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Haiku 4.5 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-haiku-4-5-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

MiniMax M3 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- MiniMax M3 has the higher overall point estimate 54.94 to 41.15. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 16.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 41.2% and 82.2%.
- MiniMax M3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- MiniMax M3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 41.15 | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 21.5 (Supported · #105/126)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| JobBench | 16.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 43.8% | 53.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 19.8% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 16.8 (Supported · #125/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 73.3% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 41.2% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.6% | 75.0% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.1% | Coming soon |
| VIBE V2 | Coming soon | 50.1% | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 48.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: 33.3 (Estimated · #139/182)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 72.2% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 78.7% | 84.2% | MiniMax M3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Haiku 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Haiku 4.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Haiku 4.5 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Haiku 4.5 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 16.8 for Claude Haiku 4.5 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Haiku 4.5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Haiku 4.5 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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