# MiniMax M3 vs Sakana Fugu

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-sakana-fugu
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniMax M3 and Sakana Fugu share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Sakana Fugu has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Sakana AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 54.86 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #45/105)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 80.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #59/135)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | 59% | Tie |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 66.0% | 80.2% | Sakana Fugu |
| 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 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 70.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#36/50)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | 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 | 85.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #59/158)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 95.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Sakana Fugu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sakana Fugu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3 and Sakana Fugu?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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