# LFM2.5-2.6B vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM2.5-2.6B and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm2-5-2-6b-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM2.5-2.6B and MiniMax M3 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LFM2.5-2.6B has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 39.9 | 61.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #131/154)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 42 (Supported · #112/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 5.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.9% | 74.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| PinchBench | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 66% | 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 |
| 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
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #125/154)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #69/154)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 59.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 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 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52.1 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | 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
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 24.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78 (#4/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #151/184)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53 (Supported · #65/184)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | 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
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: 38.1 (#104/124)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#4/124)

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 59.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM2.5-2.6B public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM2.5-2.6B | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 51.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM2.5-2.6B and MiniMax M3?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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- [LFM2.5-2.6B profile](/models/lfm2-5-2-6b)
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