# GPT-5.2 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.2 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 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

- GPT-5.2 leads overall 59.81 to 54.94.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.3 for GPT-5.2 and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 47.3% and 70.1%.
- 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 | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 59.81 | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 44.6 (Supported · #57/126)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 65.8% | 83.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 47.3% | 70.1% | MiniMax M3 |
| Gert Labs | 46.54% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 34.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | 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: Tie
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #72/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.6% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 53.50% | Coming soon | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 64.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.17% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 75.9 (#22/54)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.5% | 78.1% | GPT-5.2 |
| RealWorldQA | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 85.7% | 91.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 86.0% | 85.4% | GPT-5.2 |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 83.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| We-Math | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CountBench | 91.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 59.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 85.9% | 84.6% | GPT-5.2 |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.2
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 59.6 (Supported · #49/182)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 92.4% | 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: Directional only
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 92.6 (#19/146)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.2 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 67.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.2 or MiniMax M3?

GPT-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.2 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 64.3 for GPT-5.2 and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.2 currently has 31 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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- [GPT-5.2 vs GPT-5.2 Instant](/compare/gpt-5-2-vs-gpt-5-2-instant)
- [MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.2 Instant](/compare/gpt-5-2-instant-vs-minimax-m3)

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