MiniMax-M3
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MiniMax-M3 is a vision-language model from MiniMax. It ranks 62 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1251±6 from 19,844 votes. Its best category is OCR (#61 of 123). License: MiniMax Community License.
Key figures
- Developer
- MiniMax
- License
- MiniMax Community License
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning.
Who it suits
- Overall #62 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: OCR (#61 of 123).
- Open weights (MiniMax Community License): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 |  MiMo-V2.6-Flash Xiaomi | 1256 | 3,618 | MIT | +5 |
| 60 |  Kimi K2.5 (Instant) Moonshot AI | 1254 | 4,111 | Modified MIT | +3 |
| 61 |  Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview (09-2025) Google | 1254 | 4,792 | Proprietary | +3 |
| 62 | MiniMax-M3 MiniMax | 1251 | 19,844 | MiniMax Community License | |
| 63 |  GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI | 1250 | 7,590 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 64 | GPT-5.1 (High) OpenAI | 1250 | 9,848 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 65 |  ERNIE-5.0-Preview (1220) Baidu | 1248 | 3,349 | Proprietary | -3 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 |  GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 | Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does MiniMax-M3 rank among vision models?
Overall rank 62 (1251); OCR rank 61 (1259); Diagrams rank 62 (1266); Homework rank 65 (1268); Entity recognition rank 39 (1197); Creative writing rank 64 (1234); Humor rank 58 (1235); English rank 56 (1263); Chinese rank 46 (1311) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is MiniMax-M3 at OCR?
MiniMax-M3 ranks 61 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1259 (13,947 votes).
Is MiniMax-M3 better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #46 of 128 (1311); English board: #56 of 167 (1263). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is MiniMax-M3 open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as MiniMax Community License, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is MiniMax-M3 from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); MiniMax-M3 has 1251, 74 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.