Claude Sonnet 4 vs MiniMax M3
Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M3
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 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$1.20
13× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
56%
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 13.7x more transitions
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M3
62%Vocabulary55%
111wSentence Length24w
0.40Hedging0.52
5.0Bold5.2
9.3Lists3.0
0.88Emoji1.15
2.16Headings1.21
0.33Transitions0.02
Based on 17 + 27 text responses
Research
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