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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 48.7 to 2.7.

Liquid AI · MiniMax · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 48.7 to 2.7, ranking #29 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose MiniMax M3.1 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 48.7 and ranks #29 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and agents — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
2.7
#335
48.7
#29
Reasoning
-2.7
#356
45.9
#32
Agents
-5.2
#208
35.7
#22
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.60 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
LFM2.5-VL-3B
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Vision
1.1#196
28.9#42
Multimodal
2.9#162
30.2#38
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

23 reported for LFM2.5-VL-3B · 15 for MiniMax M3.1 Flash

No common benchmarks found

LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flashdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash specifies output context (524,288 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
MiniMax
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output524,288 tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flash support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while MiniMax M3.1 Flash uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while MiniMax M3.1 Flash was released on 2026-10-19.

MiniMax M3.1 Flash is 2 months newer than LFM2.5-VL-3B.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

2 months ago

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Oct 19, 2026

1 days ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flash side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 48.7 to 2.7. LFM2.5-VL-3B is made by Liquid AI and MiniMax M3.1 Flash is made by MiniMax. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to MiniMax M3.1 Flash in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores BabyVision: 91.0%, CharXiv-R: 82.5%, CyberGym: 82.2%, BankerToolBench: 76.2%, DeepSWE 1.1: 73.7%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports an unknown number of tokens and MiniMax M3.1 Flash supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (2.7 vs 48.7), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and MiniMax M3.1 Flash is developed by MiniMax.

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