# GPT-5.4 mini vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.4 mini and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.4 mini only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniMax M3 leads overall 54.94 to 53.38.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 43.7 for GPT-5.4 mini and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 57.7% and 74.2%.
- 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-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 53.38 | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.75 / $4.50 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #77/126)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | 70.1% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| MCP Atlas | 57.7% | 74.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| Toolathlon | 42.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 54.7% | 53.6% | GPT-5.4 mini |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.5% | 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 35.2 (Supported · #76/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 60.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 47.97% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 27.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.5% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 73.0% | 75.0% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 43.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 63.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 18.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 73.8 (#28/54)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 76.6% | 78.1% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 78% | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GPT-5.4 mini
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 51.4 (Supported · #73/182)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 88% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 41.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 28.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.1% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.6% | 84.2% | GPT-5.4 mini |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 89.9 (#27/146)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 mini public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 mini | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 51.228% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 9.756% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.4 mini or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.4 mini and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 43.7 for GPT-5.4 mini and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 mini cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 mini currently has 22 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

- [GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-mini-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-pro-vs-minimax-m3)
- [GPT-5.4 mini vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)
- [MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-minimax-m3)

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