# MiniMax M3 vs Mistral Small 3.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Mistral Small 3.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: October 14, 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 and Mistral Small 3.1 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.
- MiniMax M3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 55.04 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.6 (Supported · #66/124)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | 76.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.6 (Supported · #72/148)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VIBE V2 | 50.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | 28.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 48.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/29)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: 18.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.1% | 49.3% | MiniMax M3 |
| VideoMMMU | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #80/181)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 80.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 46.0% | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | Coming soon | 10.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/128)
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Small 3.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Small 3.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3 and Mistral Small 3.1?

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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