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Muse Wonder vs MiniMax M3

Muse Wonder leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 71.9 to 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 16.7x less per output token ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 52 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Muse Wonder Replace MiniMax M3
Muse WonderMeta
Coding
71.9
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$20.00
51
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
1
vs boards won of 52 shared

Muse Wonder or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 3 benchmarks against 6.

Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Model AMuse WonderMeta71.9/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
52
Muse Wonder only
8
MiniMax M3 only
65
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 28.8 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
ProofBench: Muse Wonder 84.0% against MiniMax M3 18.0%, 66.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Muse Wonder $20.00 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
Context window
Both take 1.05M tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMuse WonderBarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding120
Intelligence10
Agentic work60
Reasoning40
Math30
Knowledge40
Web design60
General151
All shared boards511
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index120
Coding benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench codingNot measured70.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev16521482Muse Wonder
AA Coding IndexNot measured58.6Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured75.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)49.5%1.0%Muse Wonder
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)83.1%47.6%Muse Wonder
Code migration (Vals AI)62.5%19.9%Muse Wonder
IOI (Vals AI)66.9%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured53.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)45.6%33.3%Muse Wonder
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)26.6%9.2%Muse Wonder
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)80.4%65.0%Muse Wonder
SciCode60.3%47.1%Muse Wonder
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured42.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
FrontierCodeNot measured14.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured640.0Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: coding15221470Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: software and IT15151466Muse Wonder
LMArena WebDev: React16411478Muse Wonder
LMArena WebDev: HTML16941455Muse Wonder
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1470Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence IndexNot measured29.2Only MiniMax M3 measured
Epoch Capabilities Index161.8146.9Muse Wonder
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Agentic work benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured29.5Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1200Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1169Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1159Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1159Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1130Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1181Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets12601039Muse Wonder
LiveBench researchNot measured68.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench browserNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured12.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.6%48.3%Muse Wonder
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)36.3%20.6%Muse Wonder
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)50.5%29.8%Muse Wonder
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)23.8%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)67.1%47.8%Muse Wonder
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)67.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)22.9%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
Vals Science Index39.1%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
CUA-bench (Vals AI)7.2%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured37.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$9,432$2,158Muse Wonder
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Reasoning benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured92.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench reasoningNot measured74.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)27.5%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured92.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)50.1%39.0%Muse Wonder
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured90.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured45.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured13.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts15061447Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: expert15131461Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15061455Muse Wonder
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1268Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured71.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ProofBench84.0%18.0%Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: math14861429Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: mathematical work15141448Muse Wonder
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
MMLU ProNot measured84.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured46.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: science15061452Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare15121441Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: legal and government15051437Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: business and finance14831434Muse Wonder
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Web design benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites13631257Muse Wonder
Design Arena: UI components13801243Muse Wonder
Design Arena: game dev13781211Muse Wonder
Design Arena: data viz13121236Muse Wonder
Design Arena: 3D14281208Muse Wonder
Design Arena: all code categories13711246Muse Wonder
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1160Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1161Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench designNot measured66.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index151
General benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
Vals Index64.9%Not measuredOnly Muse Wonder measured
LiveBench data analysisNot measured76.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)70.2%64.1%Muse Wonder
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured50.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured87.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured60.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
IFBenchNot measured82.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.7%83.0%MiniMax M3
DTBench95.2%78.9%Muse Wonder
LMCA56.8%33.7%Muse Wonder
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured55.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text15021433Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: instruction following14911433Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: creative writing14911404Muse Wonder
LMArena VisionNot measured1251Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: English15071443Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: non-English14921420Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: Chinese15371466Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1428Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1380Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1373Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: French15231444Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: Russian15221426Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1423Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn15101443Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: longer queries14931446Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: writing and language14961419Muse Wonder
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14821403Muse Wonder
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1263Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1311Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1259Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1234Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1435Only MiniMax M3 measured
EQ-Bench 4Not measured1150Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse WonderMiniMax M3Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Muse Wonder$0.014Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Muse Wonder$0.260Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Muse Wonder$1.00Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Muse Wonder and MiniMax M3
SpecificationMeta Muse WonderMiniMax M3
MakerMetaMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 12, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$4.00$0.30
Output $/Mtok$20.00$1.20
Coding index71.939.2
Independent measurements behind it36
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Muse Wonder better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 3 benchmarks against 6. Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million) and work measured by Long context reasoning (AA-LCR), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or MiniMax M3?

Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M3 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or MiniMax M3?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

52 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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