# MiniMax M3 vs Seed 2.1 Turbo

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Seed 2.1 Turbo across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-seed-2-1-turbo
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: MiniMax M3 and Seed 2.1 Turbo share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Seed 2.1 Turbo has the lower published output-token price.
- MiniMax M3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | ByteDance |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 61.55 | 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: 42.1 (Supported · #107/152)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.8 (Estimated · #66/151)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.1% | 43.7% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52.2 (#34/48)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.1% | 80.1% | Seed 2.1 Turbo |
| VideoMMMU | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.1% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 11.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78 (#4/20)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.2 (Supported · #64/183)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 67.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.7 (#4/123)
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Seed 2.1 Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Seed 2.1 Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between MiniMax M3 and Seed 2.1 Turbo?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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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