# Kimi K3 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-k3-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Kimi K3 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Kimi K3 has the higher overall point estimate 69.92 to 67.05. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 92.6 for Kimi K3 and 73.5 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AutomationBench in Agentic, with scores of 30.8% and 62.2%.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K3 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Pending | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.92 | 67.05 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 52 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 69.3 (Supported · #10/130)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 95.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 30.8% | 62.2% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| JobBench | 52.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DECK-Bench | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 80.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 18% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 39.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LOCA-Bench 256K | Coming soon | 60.3 | Coming soon |
| SWE Refactor Bench | Coming soon | 23.0 | 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: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #23/151)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DeepSWE | 67.5% | 73.7% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Kimi Code Bench v2 | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 36.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | 48.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 32.0% | 39.3% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 21.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 61.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 70 (#19/26)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 60.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 92.6 (#1/55)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 81.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 91.3% | 82.5% | Kimi K3 |
| MathVision | 94.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 97.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 85.7% | 91.0% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| ZeroBench | 23.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | 41.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WorldVQA ForceAnswer | 51.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench | 91.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 58.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- Kimi K3 public-lane score: 68.7 (Supported · #23/186)
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.5% | 43.4% | Kimi K3 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

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

| Benchmark | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 52.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Kimi K3 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

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

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 92.6 for Kimi K3 and 73.5 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K3 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K3 currently has 52 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3.1 Flash cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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