# MiniMax M3 vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark 1.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 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 1.3 leads overall 73 to 54.9.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 4.6% and 66.9%.
- MiniMax M3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 54.9 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #68/128)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| 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% | 66.9% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | 72.3% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| MazeBench | 0% | 0% | Tie |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 19% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 55.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #74/150)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| 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 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 32.2 fixes | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/28)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | Coming soon | 98.5% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | Coming soon | 98.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | 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 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #82/184)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/148)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 15.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 74.035% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 46.341% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M3 or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.3 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.3 currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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