Updated daily at 05:00 UTC
- Released
- 1 Jun 2026
- Status
- Current
- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- —
- Input per 1M tokens
- $0.30
- Output per 1M tokens
- $1.20
- Open weights
- Yes
- License
- minimax-community
- Parameters
- 428B, 23B active
- Knowledge cutoff
- —
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Modalities
- text, image, video → text
Category scores
Out of 100, from independent and third-party results only, by method category-2026-09-29.1.
| Category | Score | Rank | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge & reasoning | 28.0 | 63 | 3 of 4 |
| Coding & software engineering | 14.7 | Not ranked | 1 of 5 |
| Human preference | 57.4 | 10 | 3 of 5 |
Benchmark results
Every result we hold for this model, with who ran it and where it was published.
Knowledge & reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 14.0% | Independent | — | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 4.0% | Independent | none | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| DTBench (Decision Theory Benchmark) | Accuracy (capability questions) | 78.9% | Third party | — | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/dtbench via Epoch AI |
| LMCA (Language Model Conceptual Argumentation) | Correlation with expert ratings (Pearson r) | 0.337 | Third party | — | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/lmca via Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 8.0% | Independent | none | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 7.0% | Independent | — | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| SimpleBench | Score (AVG@5) | 45.8% | Third party | — | — | https://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarks via Epoch AI |
Scientific reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 90.9% | Independent | — | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 81.3% | Independent | none | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Mean score (partial credit) | 55.0% | Third party | — | — | https://yhenon.github.io/surface-evolver-llm-eval/ via Epoch AI |
Mathematics
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 71.1% | Independent | — | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 26.7% | Independent | none | 10 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Coding & software engineering
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | Main score (Mean@5) | 14.7% | Third party | — | — | https://cognition.com/frontiercode via Epoch AI |
Computer & browser use
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | Binary completion (500 steps) | 4.6% | Third party | — | — | https://osworld-v2.xlang.ai/ via Epoch AI |
Professional knowledge work
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | Pass@1 (all rubric criteria met) | 37.7% | Source not stated | — | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
Human preference
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1483 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Code Arena: WebDev (arena.ai) | Votes | 16349 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Document Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1433 | Independent | — | 13 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Document Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 6314 | Independent | — | 13 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1440 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 56646 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1237 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 17970 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
Other MiniMax M versions
- MiniMax-M2.718 Mar 2026
- MiniMax-M2.5Feb 2026
- MiniMax-M2.122 Dec 2025
- MiniMax-M227 Oct 2025
- MiniMax-M116 Jun 2025
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview—