Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet vs MiniMax M3
Compare Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet by Anthropic against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges. Updated June 2026.
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet or MiniMax M3?
Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and MiniMax M3 are both competitive models. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet costs $6/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 3.7 Thinking Sonnet and MiniMax M3
Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet is made by anthropic while MiniMax M3 is from minimax. Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet has a 200K token context window compared to MiniMax M3's 1049K. On pricing, Claude 3.7 Thinking Sonnet costs $6/M input tokens vs $0.3/M for MiniMax M3.
Per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 20× input, 25× output
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M3 is 25x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Style Comparison
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
