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MiniMax: MiniMax M3

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is minimax's model. On the un-leaked meo benchmark it ranks #23 of 82 with 67.4% accuracy and an Effective Value (𝕍) of 0.0054 β€” earning a correct answer for about $0.0047 in 73s each.

as of 2026-10-18

meo rank
#23
of 82
Accuracy
67.4%
overall
𝕍 index (top=100)
0.13
raw 𝕍 0.0054 Β· N=10
$ / correct
$0.0047
73s each

Per-domain accuracy

168 correct of 250 questions asked across 11 domains Β· answer rate 100% Β· macro accuracy 71.4%. Headline accuracy is micro-averaged per meo’s methodology; per-domain question counts (correct/asked) are shown so you can judge significance.

Framework bias
100%3/3
Theory of mind
100%3/3
CSP (unsatisfiable)
94%15/16
Tape machine
93%14/15
Regex automaton
88%14/16
Base-rate bias
85%35/41
Logic / math / CS
79%27/34
Perceptual illusions
54%55/102
Watson-Glaser
25%1/4
Long arithmetic
7%1/15
State tracking
0%0/1

Efficiency

Cost per correct
$0.0047
Seconds per correct
73
Tokens per correct
3,794
Correct answers
168 / 250
Total benchmark cost
$0.79
Avg tokens / item
2,550

Aggregated third-party benchmarks

Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai). Redistribution requires an AA commercial license.

Model details

Released
2026-05-31
Weights
β€”
Context
1.0M
Max output
512K
Knowledge cutoff
β€”
Price in
$0.30/M
Price out
$1.20/M
Modality
text+image+video->text

Sources: openrouter Β· artificial_analysis Β· meo

FAQ

How accurate is MiniMax: MiniMax M3?

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 scores 67.4% overall on the meo benchmark (rank #23 of 82), an un-leaked private holdout graded objective-first.

What is MiniMax: MiniMax M3's Effective Value?

Its Effective Value (𝕍) is 0.0054 at N=10, Ο‰=1, Ξ΄=1.5 β€” a fused metric of accuracy, speed, cost, and error-cascade. 𝕍 rankings shift with task depth.

How much does MiniMax: MiniMax M3 cost per correct answer?

About $0.0047 per correct answer (3,794 tokens, 73 seconds each) at benchmark-time pricing via OpenRouter.

Is MiniMax: MiniMax M3 open weights?

Open-weights status for MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is not recorded.

Benchmark updates affecting this model

  • 2026-06-09majorlogic_math_cs ground truth was broken β€” culled and rebuilt with solver-verified items

    A 5-lab frontier jury revealed that 29 of 37 LLM-authored logic_math_cs items had broken ground truth: on most, five independent frontier models unanimously concluded the clue sets were contradictory while the stored answer claimed a number, and on eight, all five agreed on the SAME different number (author arithmetic errors). Models were being marked wrong for being right. The 29 were retired (full audit published in the repo) and the domain rebuilt with generator-as-oracle items: an embedded constraint solver PROVES each puzzle has exactly one solution (or provably none), verified by an independent exhaustive enumerator. A 3-round difficulty study found frontier models saturate consistent human-scale logic puzzles, so items use anonymous global constraints and carry a measured difficulty gradient.

  • 2026-06-08majorCorrected base_bias grading (LLM-equivalence judge fix)

    The LLM-equivalence grader uses a reasoning model whose verdict token budget was too small, so its YES/NO answer was emitted as empty and silently counted as a failure. This understated the base_bias domain to ~7% for every model when the true accuracy is ~85-90%. We raised the judge budget, excluded its reasoning tokens from the verdict, switched to verbosity-robust conclusion matching, and re-graded the whole board.

Full benchmark changelog β†’

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Related: all MiniMax models Β· Framework-application bias domain Β· best Effective Value Β· biggest movers Β· methodology Β· full leaderboard.