# Kimi K3.1 Pro vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K3.1 Pro and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-3-1-pro-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 23, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro 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

- Kimi K3.1 Pro leads overall 82 to 54.82.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 98 for Kimi K3.1 Pro and 59.2 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 79.6% and 4.6%.
- MiniMax M3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Pending | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 54.82 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #71/132)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 65.70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 38.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 70.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 92.1% | 83.5% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| BioMysteryBench | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam (CLI) | 44.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Frontier Finance | 58.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HANDBOOK.md | 44.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 79.6% | 4.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Business Operation | 37.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Modeling | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Financial Research | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Hallu Bench Hard (tools) | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 37 (Supported · #75/153)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 75.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench (binary) | 31.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench 3.0 Long-horizon | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 51.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 36.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: 98 (#1/56)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 59.2 (#46/56)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 67.4% | 45.1% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| OfficeQA Pro v2 | 64.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (no tools) | 0.728 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BenchCAD Vision2Code (tools) | 0.927 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 84.1% | 78.1% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 63.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (Gemini judge) | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf w/ Python (Gemini judge) | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 68.3% | Coming soon | 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: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 51 (Supported · #76/187)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 70% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 51.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Hallu Bench | 5.4% | 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: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#6/153)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3.1 Pro public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Kimi K3.1 Pro | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K3.1 Pro or MiniMax M3?

Kimi K3.1 Pro is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K3.1 Pro and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 98 for Kimi K3.1 Pro and 59.2 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3.1 Pro cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3.1 Pro currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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