Claude Sonnet 5 vs MiniMax M3
Compare Claude Sonnet 5 by Anthropic against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 5
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 8.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5
Input
$2.00
Output
$10.00
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
6.7× cheaper
Output
$1.20
8.3× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 8.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
85%
Claude Sonnet 5 uses 2.7x more transitions
Claude Sonnet 5
MiniMax M3
59%Vocabulary55%
35wSentence Length24w
0.53Hedging0.52
3.5Bold5.2
3.5Lists3.0
0.79Emoji1.15
1.25Headings1.21
0.06Transitions0.02
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Research
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