# Laguna XS.2 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Laguna XS.2 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/laguna-xs-2-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 XS.2 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 34.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 21.8 for Laguna XS.2 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond (Vals) in Knowledge, with scores of 55.1% and 92.7%.
- Laguna XS.2 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 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Poolside | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 54.94 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.4 (Supported · #67/126)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 35.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 25.8% | 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 XS.2 public-lane score: 21.8 (Supported · #116/149)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #73/149)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.9% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE Multilingual | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 46.3% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 35.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 67.8% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 55.2% | 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 XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | 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 XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #81/182)

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 55.1% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 69.1% | 84.2% | MiniMax M3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Laguna XS.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Laguna XS.2 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Laguna XS.2 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Laguna XS.2 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 21.8 for Laguna XS.2 and 36.5 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does Laguna XS.2 cover on BenchLM?

Laguna XS.2 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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