# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> MiniMax-M3.1-Flash scores 50.5 (D) to Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash scores 50.5 (D) on agent readiness against Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct's 41.8 (E), and leads in 3 of 5 scored categories. Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct leads on reach and risk. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: D 50.5, rank #99 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct: E 41.8, rank #109 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-omni-30b-a3b-instruct.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Capability, 64 against 24; Agent interface, 70 against 60; Documentation and upkeep, 41 against 26.
- Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Agents on a machine with about 96 GB to spare that need one local model to hear, see and answer by voice Ahead on Reach, 55 against 40; Risk, 55 against 35.

| Category | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | 64 | 24 |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 35 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 26 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2025-09-22 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |