ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) vs MiniMax M1
Compare ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) by OpenAI against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 32 shared challenges. Updated May 2026.
Which is better, ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) or MiniMax M1?
ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) and MiniMax M1 are both competitive models. ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) costs $5/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M1. Context windows: 128K vs 1000K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) and MiniMax M1
ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) is made by openai while MiniMax M1 is from minimax. ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) has a 128K token context window compared to MiniMax M1's 1000K. On pricing, ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) costs $5/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M1.
Per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 17× input, 9.1× output
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M1 is 9.1x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
ChatGPT-4o (March 2025) uses 9.0x more emoji
