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MiniMax M3 vs Ornith 1.5 35B A3B

MiniMax M3 (MiniMax) and Ornith 1.5 35B A3B (Ornith Ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 10 September 2026

As of 10 September 2026, Ornith 1.5 35B A3B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#36 vs #38); and Ornith 1.5 35B A3B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose MiniMax M3 if…

  • you want provider choice — 12 listed API providers against 0.

Choose Ornith 1.5 35B A3B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #36 against #38 (66.2 vs 65.8 points).
  • you want to self-host: Ornith 1.5 35B A3B ships open weights while MiniMax M3 is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Ornith 1.5 35B A3B was listed 18 August 2026, MiniMax M3 31 May 2026.

MiniMax M3 vs Ornith 1.5 35B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of MiniMax M3 and Ornith 1.5 35B A3B
FieldMiniMax M3MiniMaxOrnith 1.5 35B A3BOrnith Ai
ModelCap Index position#38#36
Index score65.866.2
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$1.20Unlisted
Context window1M tokens— tokens
Max output tokens512K—
API providers listed120
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText
First listed31 May 202618 August 2026
PublisherMiniMaxOrnith Ai

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · global-corpus-prior over 185 held-out anchors (22%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 10 rows (78%); exceeds every named peer on 10 of 10 rows; optimism haircut 0 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 3.6 toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: MiniMax M3 vs Ornith 1.5 35B A3B

Public benchmark boards where MiniMax M3 or Ornith 1.5 35B A3B has a published result
BoardMiniMax M3Ornith 1.5 35B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14981491–1504—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-5.3%-6.2%–-4.3%—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis29.6intelligence-index:v4.3:reasoning-unspecified—Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis65.2%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="MiniMax-M3":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis88.9%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="MiniMax-M3":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis39.0%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="MiniMax-M3":reasoning=true—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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MiniMax M3 vs Ornith 1.5 35B A3B: common questions

Is MiniMax M3 better than Ornith 1.5 35B A3B?

Ornith 1.5 35B A3B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 10 September 2026: #36 against #38. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is MiniMax M3 cheaper than Ornith 1.5 35B A3B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M3 or Ornith 1.5 35B A3B?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M3 or Ornith 1.5 35B A3B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are MiniMax M3 and Ornith 1.5 35B A3B open-weight models?

MiniMax M3: Restricted license. Ornith 1.5 35B A3B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run MiniMax M3 and Ornith 1.5 35B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 12 API providers for MiniMax M3 and 0 for Ornith 1.5 35B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this MiniMax M3 vs Ornith 1.5 35B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 10 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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