# Claude Sonnet 5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 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.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 64.86 | 67.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 29 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 66.3 (Supported · #15/130)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | 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 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 57.5 (Supported · #26/151)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 28.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 34.1% | 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 5 public-lane score: 82.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 82 (#15/55)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 88.3% | 82.5% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 65.4 (Supported · #34/186)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.2% | 43.4% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| HLE-Verified | 31.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 69.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 65.614% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 29.268% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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