# GPT-5.4 nano vs MiniMax M3

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-4-nano-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 nano 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 46.83.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 40.6 for GPT-5.4 nano and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 39% 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-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 46.83 | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.20 / $1.25 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 33 (Supported · #84/126)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 39% | 70.1% | MiniMax M3 |
| MCP Atlas | 56.1% | 74.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| Toolathlon | 35.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 41.6% | 53.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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 nano public-lane score: 29.6 (Supported · #96/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 46.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 26.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 84.0% | 82.2% | GPT-5.4 nano |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 69.8% | 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 nano public-lane score: 40.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 51.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 5.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 52.1 (#48/54)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 66.1% | 78.1% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 69.5% | 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: MiniMax M3
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 39.8 (Supported · #118/182)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 37.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 77.5% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 77.2% | 84.2% | MiniMax M3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 93.3 (#11/146)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.4 nano public-lane score: 52.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 nano | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 44.912% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 12.195% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 40.6 for GPT-5.4 nano and 82.9 for MiniMax M3.

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

GPT-5.4 nano currently has 21 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 nano vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-nano-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-pro-vs-minimax-m3)
- [GPT-5.4 nano vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-nano)
- [MiniMax M3 vs GPT-5.4](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-minimax-m3)

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