Claude 3 Haiku vs MiniMax M3
Compare Claude 3 Haiku by Anthropic against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges. Updated June 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or MiniMax M3?
Claude 3 Haiku and MiniMax M3 are both competitive models. Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M3. Context windows: 200K vs 1049K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Claude 3 Haiku and MiniMax M3
Claude 3 Haiku is made by anthropic while MiniMax M3 is from minimax. Claude 3 Haiku has a 200K token context window compared to MiniMax M3's 1049K. On pricing, Claude 3 Haiku costs $0.25/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M3.
Per 1M tokens
Claude 3 Haiku wins input (1.2× cheaper)·MiniMax M3
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Style Comparison
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
