# Laguna XS 2.1 vs MiniMax M3

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-1-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Laguna XS 2.1 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 61.55 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 37.5% and 66%.
- Laguna XS 2.1 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 XS 2.1 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 61.55 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.20 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 42.1 (Supported · #107/152)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 66% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #66/151)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 2.1 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.9% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE Multilingual | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.6% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 37.5% | 66.0% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52.2 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 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: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78 (#4/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.2 (Supported · #64/183)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS 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: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.7 (#4/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Laguna XS 2.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna XS 2.1 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna XS 2.1 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna XS 2.1 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Laguna XS 2.1 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-laguna-xs-2-1)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Laguna M.1](/compare/laguna-m-1-vs-minimax-m3)
- [Laguna XS 2.1 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-laguna-xs-2-1)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Laguna XS.2](/compare/laguna-xs-2-vs-minimax-m3)

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