# MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Qwen3.5-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Qwen3.5-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Qwen3.5-27B 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.
- Qwen3.5-27B 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 | Qwen3.5-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.05 | 48.65 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 20 |
| 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)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 37.2 (Estimated · #77/130)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | 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 2.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 61% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 39.41% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 32.2 (Estimated · #87/151)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 39.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 61.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 67.5 (#38/55)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision w/ Python | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.5% | 79.5% | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 45.9 (Supported · #97/186)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 87.1 (#10/17)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-27B public-lane score: 92.9 (#14/148)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.5-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Qwen3.5-27B?

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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