MiniMax M3 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 112.5; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · MiniMax
MiniMax M3427.0B · 19.8B active · 1M context · Other · Jun 2026
Model B · Xiaomi
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL309B · 15B active · 1M context · MIT · Sep 2026
Choose MiniMax M3 if you want…
Also does vision
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL doesn't list it
Choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
131.9 vs 112.5
Stronger at coding
123.7 vs 115.3
Ahead on the benchmarks
4 of 4 shared boards
Lighter on memory
185.8 vs 256.7 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does chat
MiniMax M3 doesn't list it
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 93.8 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M3
IQ2_XXS · ~38 tok/s
119.2 GB · up to 64K
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
IQ2_M · ~44 tok/s
105.4 GB · up to 256K
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Coding
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Agents
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
no data
Math
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
no data
Science
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Reasoning
MiniMax M3
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
no data
MiniMax M3 · #21 of 100 open models · #18 of 96 that fit ≤512 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL · #3 of 100 open models · #1 of 78 that fit ≤192 GB
Benchmarks
4 shared boards: MiniMax M3 leads 0, MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads 4 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
MiniMax M3
47.1%#17/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
51.3%#7/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
MiniMax M3
640.0#24/43 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1244.2#5/43 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
MiniMax M3
3.7%#20/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
12.0%#10/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
MiniMax M3
18.0%#13/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
63.0%#4/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2026
24 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
MiniMax M3
1441.3#19/187 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1450.9#15/187 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M3
1482.5#17/52 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
1634.3#2/52 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only MiniMax M3 (22)
- GPQA Diamond90.9%
- LiveBench Coding68.2
- LiveBench Reasoning74.5
- AIME 2024/202571.1%
- LiveBench Math77.0
- SimpleBench45.8%
- FrontierCode14.7%
- APEX-Agents37.7%
- Chess Puzzles13.0%
- DTBench78.9%
- ForecastBench61.3
- LiveBench 2026 Reasoning74.5
- LMCA33.7%
- Mystery Game Puzzles8.0%
- Vending-Bench 22157.8
- LiveBench 2026 Browser8.0
- LiveBench 2026 Data Analysis76.2
- LiveBench 2026 Coding70.9
- LiveBench 2026 Long-Horizon12.4
- Surface Evolver Bench55.0%
- LiveBench 2026 Design66.2
- LiveBench 2026 Research68.0
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
MiniMax M3
182 GB151.9 GB file
32K 185 GB · 128K 194 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
132 GB126.4 GB file
32K 133 GB · 128K 138 GB
Q3_K_S
MiniMax M3
187 GB187.3 GB file
32K 190 GB · 128K 199 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q3_K_M
MiniMax M3
209 GB195.5 GB file
32K 212 GB · 128K 221 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
151 GB~150.6 GB file
32K 153 GB · 128K 157 GB
Q4_0
MiniMax M3
214 GB243.6 GB file
32K 217 GB · 128K 226 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
155 GB~154.5 GB file
32K 156 GB · 128K 161 GB
Q4_K_M
MiniMax M3
257 GB264.9 GB file
32K 260 GB · 128K 269 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
186 GB~185.4 GB file
32K 187 GB · 128K 192 GB
Q5_K_M
MiniMax M3
305 GB318.7 GB file
32K 308 GB · 128K 317 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
221 GB~220.2 GB file
32K 222 GB · 128K 227 GB
Q6_K
MiniMax M3
353 GB355.3 GB file
32K 356 GB · 128K 365 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
255 GB~254.9 GB file
32K 257 GB · 128K 262 GB
Q8_0
MiniMax M3
428 GB453.6 GB file
32K 430 GB · 128K 439 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
309 GB~309.0 GB file
32K 311 GB · 128K 316 GB
15 more quants
IQ2_XXS
MiniMax M3
118 GB134.9 GB file
32K 121 GB · 128K 130 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ2_XS
MiniMax M3
129 GB129.5 GB file
32K 131 GB · 128K 140 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
93.1 GB98.7 GB file
32K 94.6 GB · 128K 99.4 GB
IQ2_S
MiniMax M3
134 GB132.1 GB file
32K 137 GB · 128K 146 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ2_M
MiniMax M3
145 GB135.1 GB file
32K 147 GB · 128K 157 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
105 GB107.8 GB file
32K 106 GB · 128K 111 GB
IQ3_XXS
MiniMax M3
166 GB160.3 GB file
32K 169 GB · 128K 178 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ3_XS
MiniMax M3
177 GB196.4 GB file
32K 179 GB · 128K 189 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ3_S
MiniMax M3
182 GB175.6 GB file
32K 185 GB · 128K 194 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ3_M
MiniMax M3
193 GB205.5 GB file
32K 195 GB · 128K 205 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q3_K_L
MiniMax M3
219 GB205.0 GB file
32K 222 GB · 128K 231 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ4_XS
MiniMax M3
230 GB208.5 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 242 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
IQ4_NL
MiniMax M3
241 GB212.7 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q4_1
MiniMax M3
241 GB268.9 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q4_K_S
MiniMax M3
241 GB248.6 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
Q5_K_S
MiniMax M3
294 GB299.7 GB file
32K 297 GB · 128K 306 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
not listed
BF16
MiniMax M3
855 GB852.9 GB file
32K 857 GB · 128K 866 GB
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL
618 GB~618.0 GB file
32K 620 GB · 128K 625 GB
MiniMax M3
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:Q4_K_MMiMo V2.6 Flash RL
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/ggml-org/MiMo-V2.6-Flash-RL-GGUF| Spec | MiniMax M3 | MiMo V2.6 Flash RL |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | MiniMax | Xiaomi |
| Parameters | 427.0B | 309B |
| Active parameters | 20B per token | 15B per token |
| Architecture | MiniMaxM3SparseForConditionalGeneration | MiMoV2ForCausalLM |
| Context | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Modalities | Vision, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Released | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, MiniMax M3 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
MiMo V2.6 Flash RL leads llmrun Score 131.9 to 112.5; neither fits 24 GB. Choose MiniMax M3 for also does vision; choose MiMo V2.6 Flash RL for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding.
Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M3 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M3 requires 256.7 GB while MiMo V2.6 Flash RL needs 185.8 GB, making MiMo V2.6 Flash RL the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run MiniMax M3 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL on a 16 GB GPU?
MiniMax M3 does not fit (smallest quant needs 119.2 GB); MiMo V2.6 Flash RL does not fit (smallest quant needs 93.8 GB).
Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M3 or MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
MiniMax M3 supports 1,048,576 tokens and MiMo V2.6 Flash RL supports 1,048,576 tokens.