# MiniMax M3 vs Muse Spark Open

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-muse-spark-open
- Last updated: October 15, 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 Muse Spark Open 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.
- Muse Spark Open has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark Open |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.95 | 62.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.5 (Supported · #68/127)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 60.2 (Estimated · #27/127)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark Open | 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% | 89.2% | Muse Spark Open |
| 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 |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 61.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #74/150)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 56.1 (Supported · #29/150)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark Open | 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/28)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 83.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Muse Spark Open | 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 |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #82/184)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #38/184)

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

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/146)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: Coming soon

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

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3 and Muse Spark Open?

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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