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MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3 235B A22B
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Winner summary
MiniMax M3 wins on 5/5 benchmarks
MiniMax M3 wins 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · general · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·MiniMax M3general·MiniMax M3knowledge·MiniMax M3reasoning·MiniMax M3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M3
#124 by perf·#11 by attention
Qwen3 235B A22B
#92 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
MiniMax M3
1.4x better value than Qwen3 235B A22B
MiniMax M3
66.5 pts/$
$0.75/M
Qwen3 235B A22B
47.2 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
MiniMax M3Qwen3 235B A22B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
MiniMax M3 leads by +64.8
MiniMax M3
1440.1
Qwen3 235B A22B
1375.2
Dtbench
MiniMax M3 leads by +5.3
MiniMax M3
64.9
Qwen3 235B A22B
59.5
GPQA diamond
MiniMax M3 leads by +26.9
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
MiniMax M3
87.9
Qwen3 235B A22B
60.9
Lmca
MiniMax M3 leads by +10.2
MiniMax M3
39.6
Qwen3 235B A22B
29.4
SimpleBench
MiniMax M3 leads by +17.8
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
MiniMax M3
35.0
Qwen3 235B A22B
17.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Qwen3 235B A22B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1440.1 | 1375.2 |
Dtbench | 64.9 | 59.5 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 87.9 | 60.9 |
Lmca | 39.6 | 29.4 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 35.0 | 17.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.30 | $1.20 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $5.25 | |
| $0.46 | $1.82 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $7.96 |