# Grok 4.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-5-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Grok 4.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash 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 M3.1 Flash has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 63.29 | 67.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #32/130)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 15.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | 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
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 55.7 (Supported · #31/151)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 78% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 23.4% | 39.3% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 54.1 (#26/26)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 0.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 85.67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 82.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #28/186)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Grok 4.5 public-lane score: 62.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 57.193% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 24.390% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Grok 4.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

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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