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MiniMax M3 vs Kimi K3 vs Qwen3-235B-A22B

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

×MiniMax M3MiniMaxcurrent
×Kimi K3Moonshot AIcurrent
×Qwen3-235B-A22BAlibabacurrent
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SpecificationMiniMax M3Kimi K3Qwen3-235B-A22B
SummaryOpen weights, long-context and multimodal.Largest open-weight model shipped.Cheapest capable model, most permissive licence.
LicenceOpen weightsOpen weightsApache-2.0
Parameters—2.8T235B MoE
Released1 Jun 202617 Jul 2026—
CategoryOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight Models
OfficialMiniMax ↗Moonshot AI ↗Alibaba ↗

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MiniMax M3

Open weights, long-context and multimodal.

Best for long context.

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Kimi K3

  • Tops the Frontend Code Arena
  • 76.8% on SWE-Bench Verified

Best for coding.

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Qwen3-235B-A22B

  • No licence conditions whatsoever
  • 22B active of 235B total

Best for commercial self-hosting.

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