# LongCat-2.5 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-2.5 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-2-5-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: November 9, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LongCat-2.5 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 48.95 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 88.4% and 66.0%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 48.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 22 | 28 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #75/132)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 66.0% | LongCat-2.5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 91.9% | 83.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| AutomationBench | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 63.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.1% | 74.2% | LongCat-2.5 |
| JobBench | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SpreadsheetBench 2 | 34.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 78.3% | 74.5% | LongCat-2.5 |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | 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 |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #77/158)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.4% | 66.0% | LongCat-2.5 |
| ProgramBench | 25.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 64.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 60.5% | 42.1% | LongCat-2.5 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 38.2 (Estimated · #90/157)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #47/67)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | 96.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | 85.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #63/179)

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierScience | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#6/157)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- LongCat-2.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-2.5 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LongCat-2.5 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-2.5 cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-2.5 currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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