# Laguna S 2.1 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna S 2.1 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-s-2-1-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Laguna S 2.1 and MiniMax M3 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Laguna S 2.1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Laguna S 2.1 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 63.91 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 48.2 (Estimated · #77/151)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 43.2 (Supported · #106/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 70.2% | 66% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 49.7% | Coming soon | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: 47.8 (Estimated · #87/183)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 50.6 (Estimated · #68/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 70.2% | 66.0% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59.4% | 59% | Laguna S 2.1 |
| deepSwe | 40.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 51.5 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78.5 (#5/22)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.8 (Supported · #64/181)

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.5 (#4/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Laguna S 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna S 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Laguna S 2.1 and MiniMax M3?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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- [MiniMax M3 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-minimax-m3)

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- [Laguna S 2.1 profile](/models/laguna-s-2-1)
- [MiniMax M3 profile](/models/minimax-m3)
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