# Laguna M.1 vs MiniMax M3

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna M.1 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 39.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 25.7 for Laguna M.1 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 27.0% and 92.7%.
- Laguna M.1 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 | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | MiniMax |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 34.1% | 53.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 66.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.5% | 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 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: MiniMax M3
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: 25.7 (Supported · #105/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.6% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 49.2% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 45.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 68.1% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 57.6% | 75.0% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 27.0% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 68.8% | 84.2% | MiniMax M3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna M.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna M.1 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna M.1 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 25.7 for Laguna M.1 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna M.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna M.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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