# MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Ministral 3 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-ministral-3-8b
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 8B.

## Summary

- MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 8B do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ministral 3 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Mistral |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.05 | 19.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.15 / $0.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)
- Ministral 3 8B public-lane score: 7 (Estimated · #128/130)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ministral 3 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LOCA-Bench 256K | 60.3 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Refactor Bench | 23.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 62.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 38.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 29.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 61.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)
- Ministral 3 8B public-lane score: 9.1 (Estimated · #147/151)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ministral 3 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 39.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ministral 3 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)
- Ministral 3 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ministral 3 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision w/ Python | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)
- Ministral 3 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ministral 3 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 8B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash-preview)
- [Ministral 3 8B vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-preview-vs-ministral-3-8b)
- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-ministral-3-8b-reasoning)
- [Ministral 3 8B vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)](/compare/ministral-3-8b-vs-ministral-3-8b-reasoning)

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- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash profile](/models/minimax-m3-1-flash)
- [Ministral 3 8B profile](/models/ministral-3-8b)
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