# MiniMax M3 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-reflection-beam-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 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

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 leads overall 70 to 54.89.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.8 for MiniMax M3 and 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 66.0% and 78.4%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 54.89 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #68/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 78.4% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | 75.6% | MiniMax M3 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | 80.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| 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 |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 35.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 51.1% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 36.4 (Supported · #74/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | 80.7% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | 65.6% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 78.4% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
| 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 | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#5/28)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 15.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 61.5 (#43/54)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | 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)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.8 (#5/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniMax M3 or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between MiniMax M3 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.8 for MiniMax M3 and 86.2 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.

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

MiniMax M3 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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