# MiniMax M3 vs Muse Glimmer 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Muse Glimmer 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-muse-glimmer-30b
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Glimmer 30B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- MiniMax M3 leads overall 54.86 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 92.4 for MiniMax M3 and 77.7 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OmniDocBench 1.5 in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 91.6% and 75.8%.
- Muse Glimmer 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- MiniMax M3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 54.86 | 41.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #45/105)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | 65.9% | MiniMax M3 |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | 75.5% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| 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 |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #59/135)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | 76% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | 51.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 51.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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 |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#36/50)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.6% | 75.8% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.1% | 74% | MiniMax M3 |
| VideoMMMU | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #59/158)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M3 or Muse Glimmer 30B?

MiniMax M3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M3 and Muse Glimmer 30B?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 92.4 for MiniMax M3 and 77.7 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Glimmer 30B cover on BenchLM?

Muse Glimmer 30B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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