# Claude Mythos 5 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Mythos 5 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Mythos 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Mythos 5 leads overall 85 to 63.91.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 52 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 88% and 66%.
- MiniMax M3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M+ | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 63.91 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #106/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88% | 66% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 85% | 70.1% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| BrowseComp | 88% | 83.5% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| CyberGym | 83.8% | Coming soon | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #68/183)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 95.5% | 80.5% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 80.3% | 59% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 88.0% | 66.0% | Claude Mythos 5 |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: 85.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Multimodal | 54.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#5/22)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #65/181)

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 64.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.5 (#4/120)

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE Multilingual | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Mythos 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Mythos 5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 97.6% | 85.7% | Claude Mythos 5 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Mythos 5 or MiniMax M3?

Claude Mythos 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Mythos 5 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 85.1 for Claude Mythos 5 and 52 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Mythos 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Mythos 5 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-5-1)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Claude Mythos 5.1](/compare/claude-mythos-5-1-vs-minimax-m3)
- [Claude Mythos 5 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-5-vs-claude-mythos-preview)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Claude Mythos Preview](/compare/claude-mythos-preview-vs-minimax-m3)

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