# MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-ornith-1-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Ornith AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.05 | 34.04 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 27 (Estimated · #103/130)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 23.6 (Estimated · #111/151)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 39.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 73.7% | 22.0% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| NL2Repo | 61.2% | 46.2% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 79% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 5.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | 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)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 37.8 (Estimated · #126/186)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | 25.6% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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