# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.89 | 67.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.2 (Supported · #57/130)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | 61.7% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| JobBench | 36.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LOCA-Bench 256K | Coming soon | 60.3 | Coming soon |
| SWE Refactor Bench | Coming soon | 23.0 | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 62.2% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 38.10% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 44.7 (Supported · #55/151)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | Coming soon | 39.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 62.8 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (#46/55)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | 82.5% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.3 (Supported · #60/186)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48 (#99/148)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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