# MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Sakana Fugu-Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Sakana Fugu-Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-sakana-fugu-ultra
- Last updated: October 19, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Sakana Fugu-Ultra share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Sakana AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.05 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.15 / $0.60 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 63.9 (Estimated · #19/130)
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | 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 | 82.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 61.3 (Supported · #17/151)
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | 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 Pro | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 93.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra public-lane score: 84.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 93.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.5 (#30/55)
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra public-lane score: 77.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BabyVision w/ Python | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 82.5% | 86.6% | Sakana Fugu-Ultra |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash public-lane score: 73.2 (Supported · #14/186)
- Sakana Fugu-Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Sakana Fugu-Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE w/o tools | 43.4% | 50% | Sakana Fugu-Ultra |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Sakana Fugu-Ultra?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-minimax-m3-1-flash-preview)
- [Sakana Fugu-Ultra vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-preview-vs-sakana-fugu-ultra)
- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Sakana Fugu](/compare/minimax-m3-1-flash-vs-sakana-fugu)
- [Sakana Fugu-Ultra vs Sakana Fugu](/compare/sakana-fugu-vs-sakana-fugu-ultra)

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- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash profile](/models/minimax-m3-1-flash)
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