# LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs MiniMax M3

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse 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 BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 48.6% and 83.5%.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 61.55 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 42.1 (Supported · #107/152)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | 66% | MiniMax M3 |
| VITA-Bench | 21.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 45.6% | 74.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| BrowseComp | 48.6% | 83.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | 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
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #66/151)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 40.6% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE Multilingual | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | 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
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52.2 (#34/48)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | 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
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78 (#4/20)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.2 (Supported · #64/183)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CMMLU | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 69.5% | 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: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.7 (#4/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 65.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 49.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse currently has 17 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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