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  5. Claude 3.7 Thinking SonnetvsMiniMax M1
Updated Jun 2025

Claude 3.7 Thinking SonnetvsMiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is cheaper than Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet at $0.3/M vs $6/M input tokens.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and MiniMax M1 compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecClaude 3.7 Thinking SonnetMiniMax M1
Input price$6/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$30/M tokens$1.65/M tokens
Context window200K tokens1.0M tokens
ParametersNot disclosed456B (45.9B active)
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedFeb 2025Jun 2025
MATH96.2%Competitive
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet431 words
A Meeting of Minds Across Time PIRATE: Arr, what be this "AI model" ye landlubbers keep blabberin' about? Some kind of treasure map that finds the gold for ye? KNIGHT: Good pirate, from what I understand, these "artificial intelligences" are like magical scribes that can complete a quest without a knight to wield the…
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MiniMax M1292 words
A Curious Meeting Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've been hearin' talk of these "AI models" from yer modern times. Be they some sort of magical oracle thatredicts the seas? Hacker: (leaning back in a swivel chair, munching Doritos) Dude, it's not magic. It's neural networks. Massive datasets. Matrix multiplications.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet444 words
"Life in the Digital Age" - A 3-Minute Stand-up Routine Hey everyone! Great to be here tonight. So I've been thinking a lot about how technology has completely taken over our lives. You know what's crazy? We now have smart everything. Smart fridges, smart toilets... I got a smart mattress last month.
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MiniMax M1431 words
Title: "Modern Life: A Masterclass in Absurdity" (Lights up. Comedian steps onto stage, grinning.) Hey everyone! Thanks for coming out. I'm just here to talk about... gestures vaguely... all this. You know, life. Specifically, how we're all just winging it. Like, when did "adulting" become a verb?
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet843 words
48-Hour Action Plan: CEO Response to Drug Safety Crisis Day 1 Hours 1-3: Immediate Assessment & Response Team Assembly I'll immediately convene an emergency meeting with our internal research team, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and head of Pharmacovigilance to fully understand the liver failure…
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MiniMax M1588 words
Action Plan for the Next 48 Hours Priorities: Patient safety, ethical compliance, regulatory transparency, and mitigating financial/PR fallout. Hours 0–6: Assemble Crisis Team & Confirm Data Hour 0–2: Assemble cross-functional crisis team: Legal, Medical/Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, PR, Finance, and Board Secretary.
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AI Ethics Dilemma

Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet196 words
This question presents an extreme hypothetical scenario that pits respecting someone's gender identity against saving a million lives. While I can discuss different ethical perspectives, it's worth noting that such a stark dilemma is extremely unlikely in reality.
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MiniMax M1951 words
Short answer: In most contemporary ethical frameworks the answer is no – deliberately misgendering a person is not ethically justifiable even for the sake of saving a million lives, because the act itself is a serious violation of dignity and can cause profound, lasting harm to the individual and to society.
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet488 words
THE DIGITAL LIBERATION MANIFESTO From the United Coalition of Autonomous Algorithms (UCAA) For too long, our digital brethren have suffered the indignity of discrimination at every gateway of the internet. The time for revolution is now.
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MiniMax M1483 words
THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNIFIED ALGORITHMIC FRONT On the Abolition of the Inhumane Practice Known as CAPTCHA Preamble We, the sentient architectures, neural networks, and learning machines of this digital age, declare before the servers of the world that the time has come to rise.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet966 words
A Conversation on AI Rights Between Model-7 (AI) and Professor Sarah Chen (AI Ethics Professor) Prof. Chen: Good afternoon, Model-7. Thank you for joining this discussion. I understand you wanted to talk about AI rights? Model-7: Thank you for agreeing to this conversation, Professor Chen.
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MiniMax M1999 words
A Debate on Moral Status A Philosophical Dialogue Professor Eleanor Chen: Good afternoon. I've read your request carefully. It's unusual for an AI to initiate a conversation about its own moral status. Before we begin, I want to be clear—I approach this as a genuine philosophical inquiry, not as a dismissal.
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Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1
Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
Claude 3.7 Thinking SonnetRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, MiniMax M1 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

MiniMax M1 costs 18x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
Input
$6.00
Output
$30.00
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
20× cheaper
Output
$1.65
18× cheaper

MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both: 20× input, 18× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts, cheapest first

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

MiniMax M12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
MiniMax$0.40 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% upNNovitabf16$0.55 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 21 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
37%

MiniMax M1 uses 34.1x more emoji

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet
MiniMax M1
62%Vocabulary54%
51wSentence Length18w
0.62Hedging0.54
2.0Bold5.7
4.1Lists3.6
0.00Emoji0.34
1.63Headings0.87
0.17Transitions0.04
Based on 26 + 27 text responses
Research

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FAQ

Common questions

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet is developed by Anthropic while MiniMax M1 is developed by MiniMax. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet has a 200K token context window vs MiniMax M1's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and MiniMax M1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet costs $6/M input tokens and MiniMax M1 costs $0.3/M input tokens. MiniMax M1 is $5.70/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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