# MiniMax M3 vs Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-ornith-1-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

MiniMax M3 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- MiniMax M3 has the higher overall point estimate 55.18 to 32.61. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 39.8 for MiniMax M3 and 23.5 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BrowseComp in Agentic, with scores of 83.5% and 67.6%.
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B 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 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Ornith AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 55.18 | 32.61 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.8 (Supported · #58/119)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 23.5 (Estimated · #95/119)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 67.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | 67.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | 70.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| Claw-Eval | 74.5% | 72.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| 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 |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 38.7 (Supported · #69/144)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 24 (Estimated · #110/144)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | 79% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | 59.6% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 67.8% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| NL2Repo | 42.1% | 46.2% | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B |
| 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 |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.4% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 22.0% | Coming soon |
| frontierBench | Coming soon | 5.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.4 (#5/27)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 51.6 (#36/49)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | 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: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.4 (Supported · #73/171)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 34.5 (Estimated · #119/171)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 25.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/125)
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M3 or Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

MiniMax M3 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M3 and Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 39.8 for MiniMax M3 and 23.5 for Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [MiniMax M3 vs Ornith-1.5-397B](/compare/minimax-m3-vs-ornith-1-5-397b)
- [Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B vs Ornith-1.5-397B](/compare/ornith-1-5-35b-a3b-vs-ornith-1-5-397b)
- [MiniMax M3 vs Ornith-1.5-9B](/compare/minimax-m3-vs-ornith-1-5-9b)
- [Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B vs Ornith-1.5-9B](/compare/ornith-1-5-35b-a3b-vs-ornith-1-5-9b)

## Explore More

- [MiniMax M3 profile](/models/minimax-m3)
- [Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B profile](/models/ornith-1-5-35b-a3b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)