# Gemma 4 12B vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 12B and MiniMax M3 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

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

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.64 | 63.91 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #106/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #68/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | 78.1% | MiniMax M3 |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#5/22)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.9 (Supported · #65/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.5 (#4/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 12B and MiniMax M3?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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