How do MiniMax-M3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) compare on coding benchmarks?

The comparison table shows SWE-bench, SWE-Pro, SWE-Atlas, Terminal-Bench, DeepSWE, and coding agent index scores for both MiniMax-M3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) when publicly disclosed.

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MiniMax-M3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max): benchmark scores, pricing & comparison.

Q: Which is better: MiniMax-M3 or DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)?

AskClash compares MiniMax-M3 and DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) side by side across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, and context window so you can see which model wins on each benchmark.

Side-by-side MiniMax-M3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) comparison across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, context window, and AskClash RWT. Green marks the winner on each benchmark.

Open live leaderboard MiniMax-M3 model page DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) model page

Rank #20 vs #30AskClash overall scores 52.6 vs 41.0.

Pricing $0.30/$1.20 vs $0.43/$0.87Input and output token prices per 1M tokens when published.

Open Weight vs Open WeightMiniMax vs DeepSeek.

MiniMax-M3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) benchmark comparison

Green cells highlight the winning model for each metric. Scores are cached from the AskClash LLM leaderboard snapshot.

Metric	MiniMax-M3	DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)
Overall Score	52.6	41.0
Leaderboard Rank	#20	#30
RWT	8.5	7.0
HLE	37.1	37.7
GPQA	92.9	90.1
MATH-500	—	64.5
IFEval	82.9	—
SWE-bench	80.5	80.6
SWE-Pro	59.0	55.4
Terminal-Bench	66.0	67.9
OSWorld	70.1	—
MCP Atlas	74.2	73.6
Finance Agent	48.3	—
MMMU-Pro	78.1	—
Tau2	88.9	96.2
MRCR	—	83.5
Input Price (per 1M tokens)	$0.30	$0.43
Output Price (per 1M tokens)	$1.20	$0.87
Context Window	1M	1M
Benchmarks Published	14	9

MiniMax-M3 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) head-to-head charts

MiniMax-M3 leads 5 and DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max) leads 4 of 9 shared benchmarks. MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on a defined 1M-input / 200K-output workload. Charts show only benchmarks both models publish.

MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

Overall

52.6MiniMax-M3

41.0DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

RWT

8.5MiniMax-M3

7.0DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

HLE

37.1MiniMax-M3

37.7DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

GPQA

92.9MiniMax-M3

90.1DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

SWE-bench

80.5MiniMax-M3

80.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

SWE-Pro

59.0MiniMax-M3

55.4DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

Terminal-Bench

66.0MiniMax-M3

67.9DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

MCP Atlas

74.2MiniMax-M3

73.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

Tau2

88.9MiniMax-M3

96.2DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

MiniMax-M3

Input$0.30

Output$1.20

Workload$0.54

Context1M

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Max)

Input$0.43

Output$0.87

Workload$0.61

Context1M

Workload = published cost of 1M input + 200K output tokens. Open the live leaderboard for interactive compare charts.

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How to read this comparison

Benchmark scores

Higher is better for all benchmark scores (SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, etc.). Green marks the model with the higher score.

Token pricing

Lower is better for input and output prices. Green marks the cheaper model per 1M tokens.

Coverage matters

Models with fewer disclosed benchmark cells may have inflated percentile scores. Check the benchmark cell count for context.

This comparison page is generated from the AskClash LLM leaderboard cache. Open the live leaderboard for real-time scores and interactive filtering.