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- Released
- 18 Mar 2026
- Status
- Legacy
- Context
- 204.8K
- Max output
- 131.1K
- Input per 1M tokens
- $0.30
- Output per 1M tokens
- $1.20
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- minimax-non-commercial
- Parameters
- —
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Modalities
- text → text
Category scores
Out of 100, from independent and third-party results only, by method category-2026-09-29.1.
| Category | Score | Rank | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human preference | 50.8 | Not ranked | 2 of 5 |
Benchmark results
Every result we hold for this model, with who ran it and where it was published.
Coding & software engineering
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExploitBench | Mean capability | 13.3% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| ExploitBench | Mean capability | 13.3% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Accuracy (mean over trials) | 45.1% | Third party | — | — | https://www.tbench.ai/leaderboard/terminal-bench/2.0 via Epoch AI |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Accuracy (mean over trials) | 42.9% | Third party | — | — | https://www.tbench.ai/leaderboard/terminal-bench/2.0 via Epoch AI |
| WeirdML (v2) | Average accuracy | 37.0% | Third party | — | — | https://htihle.github.io/weirdml.html via Epoch AI |
Human preference
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1397 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Votes | 16103 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1415 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 77968 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
Other MiniMax M versions
- MiniMax-M31 Jun 2026
- MiniMax-M2.5Feb 2026
- MiniMax-M2.122 Dec 2025
- MiniMax-M227 Oct 2025
- MiniMax-M116 Jun 2025
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview—