minimax m3 outperformed kimi k2.6 on artificial analysis intelligence index – but is it really better?
55 vs 54. a 1-point lead on the index. with a 1.5-month gap between them
kimi wins osworld verified (73.1 vs 70) and leads on speed – 95 tok/s median vs 58.8. minimax takes swe bench pro (59 vs 58.6) and browsecomp (83.5 vs 83.2) by razor margins. plus a 1m context window vs kimi's 262k
kimi k2.6 dropped april 20. minimax answered with m3 on june 1 – and caught up on multimodal input
what this really tells you: these models have commodified. the gap is noise, not signal
we'll wait for moonshot to answer

MiniMax M3 scores 54.7 on the AA-Intelligence Index, beating Kimi K2.6’s score of 53.9
— AiBattle (@AiBattle_) June 4, 2026
Once the weights are released, M3 will become the open-weights model with the highest score on the AA-Intelligence Index pic.twitter.com/injwYHikWD
Addy Crezee