Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M1
Compare Claude Opus 4.6 by Anthropic against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.6
MiniMax M1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.6 has the edge — newer, major provider backing.
MiniMax M1 is 15x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.6
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
17× cheaper
Output
$1.65
15× cheaper
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 17× input, 15× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
MiniMax M1 uses 2.1x more lists
Claude Opus 4.6
MiniMax M1
53%Vocabulary53%
35wSentence Length17w
0.68Hedging0.51
5.2Bold7.4
2.9Lists6.2
0.21Emoji0.10
1.34Headings0.86
0.03Transitions0.03
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