# MiniMax M3 vs Muse Spark 1.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark 1.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-muse-spark-1-1
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.1 leads overall 65.95 to 54.39.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 51.5 for MiniMax M3 and 78.3 for Muse Spark 1.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 53.6% and 69.3%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 54.39 | 65.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #62/122)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 56.9 (Supported · #32/122)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 80.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | 80.8% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | 88.1% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| 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% | 14.2% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 69.3% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |
| Cybench | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 0.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 37.9 (Supported · #70/146)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 54.2 (Supported · #35/146)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | 61.5% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 80.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| 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% | 85.9% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | 82.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.4 (#5/28)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 75.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR 1M | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 51.5 (#36/49)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 76.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.3 (Supported · #77/174)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (Supported · #21/174)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 91.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | 88.7% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| HLE | Coming soon | 62.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/125)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark 1.1?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 51.5 for MiniMax M3 and 78.3 for Muse Spark 1.1.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.1 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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