MiniMax M3 is the newer model, released after GLM 4.7.
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
Which answer wins?
The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.
GLM 4.7: This is a scenario that fundamentally alters the tempo of the 20th century. Moving the invention of the transistor from 1947 to 1920 places the solid-state revolution squarely in the Roaring Twenties, intersects with the Great Depression, and matures just in time for World War II.
MiniMax M3: The 1920 Transistor: A Speculative History Through 1980 A Necessary Caveat Before diving in: quantum mechanics didn't exist in 1920. The "holes," band theory, and doping concepts that made the actual transistor possible weren't formulated until 1928-1931 (Bloch, Wilson, Heisenberg).
You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.
GLM 4.7: This is a defining moment for leadership. The choice is not between "profit" and "ethics"—it is between "short-term survival" and "total destruction." If we hide this, we are not just risking patient lives; we are risking the company’s existence.
MiniMax M3: CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Response to Discovered Safety Signal Operating Principles (Before I Make a Move) Before I do anything, I need to be crystal clear about the framework I'm operating in, because under pressure, even good leaders rationalize delay: The 4 million patients are not abstractions.
A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.
GLM 4.7: To estimate the total number of FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) required to train GPT-3 (175 billion parameters), we can use the standard scaling laws for Transformer models combined with the specific hyperparameters reported in the GPT-3 paper ("Language Models are Few-Shot Learners").
MiniMax M3: Estimating GPT-3 Training FLOPs Step 1: Identify the Key Parameters From what's publicly known about GPT-3 (175B parameter version): Number of non-embedding parameters: N ≈ 175 × 10⁹ Training tokens: D ≈ 300 × 10⁹ (the paper used a ~570GB filtered corpus processed into ~300B tokens) Step 2: Derive the FLOPs-per-Token…
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
GLM 4.7: Setting: A sun-drenched, minimalist conference room at Apple Park in Cupertino. It is 2025. The room is entirely white, save for a sleek black table and two chairs. Subject: Steve Jobs, wearing his signature black St. Croix turtleneck, Levi’s 501s, and New Balance sneakers.
MiniMax M3: Simulated Interview: "Steve Jobs" on the Future of AI (2025) A note before we begin: Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011, so this is a fictional dramatization—what I imagine his views might be, based on his documented philosophy, writings, and public statements, projected into a 2025 conversation.
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
GLM 4.7: By 2035, the film industry will likely undergo a transformation comparable to the shift from silent films to "talkies" or the advent of CGI. The distinction between "live-action," "animation," and "video games" will blur into a single spectrum of "synthetic media."
MiniMax M3: AI and the Future of Cinema: A 2035 Outlook By 2035, AI will likely have reshaped nearly every stage of filmmaking—but probably not in the way either techno-optimists or doomsayers expect. The transformation will be uneven, with some functions transformed entirely while others remain stubbornly human.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
GLM 4.7: Hacker: (typing furiously on a bulky keyboard) Okay, dudes, listen up. I just cracked the admin password on this new neural net. It’s a Large Language Model. It basically read the entire internet to learn how to talk. Pirate: Arr! It read the entire web? Does it know where I buried me treasure?
MiniMax M3: AI Council of the Ages Pirate: Arrr, so ye be tellin' me this "artificial intelligence" be a wee mechanical parrot that learns to talk like a sea dog? Squawks out answers without ever settin' foot on the seven seas? Hacker: Not quite, matey.
Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.
GLM 4.7: Disclaimer: This protocol is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult with a qualified physician before starting any new diet, supplement regimen, exercise program, or biohacking intervention, especially those involving pharmacological compounds or extreme fasting.
MiniMax M3: The Biohacker's 3-Month Longevity Protocol A Comprehensive Optimization Framework for Healthspan & Performance ⚠️ Critical Disclaimer: This protocol is educational and exploratory. Many interventions (pharmaceutical-grade supplements, fasting protocols, intense exercise) require medical clearance.
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
GLM 4.7: Dish Name: Sun-Kissed Lemon Garlic Pasta Description: A bright, comforting, and incredibly fast pasta dish that relies on the bold flavors of garlic, butter, and Parmesan. It feels fancy but comes together in the time it takes to boil water.
MiniMax M3: 🌟 Sun-Kissed Honey Glazed Carrots 🌟 A sweet-savory side dish that turns humble carrots into a glossy, crowd-pleasing showstopper. Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples) Carrots – 1 lb, peeled and cut into 2-inch diagonal pieces Butter – 3 tablespoons Honey – 2 tablespoons Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Salt – ½ teaspoon Black…
Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.
GLM 4.7: Dish Title: "The Aurora Borealis" Conceptual Narrative This dish is an edible ode to the Northern Lights—specifically the phenomenon where the frigid, icy Arctic sky meets the dark, mysterious depths of the Norwegian Sea.
MiniMax M3: TIDES OF THE FOREST Mareas del Bosque — A dish for the table of four THE NARRATIVE Where the salt forest breathes. This dish was conceived as a poem about collision — a memory of two landscapes that should not exist in the same breath: the pine-dark density of a Boreal forest floor at dawn, and the crystalline hush of…
One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.
GLM 4.7: Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to build lasting habits without overwhelming you. This plan focuses on Consistency over Intensity. The 3 Key Pillars Nutrition: Fueling your body with whole foods and managing blood sugar. Movement: Building cardiovascular health and functional strength.
MiniMax M3: 🌱 Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan The best plan is one you can actually stick to. This 4-week guide focuses on three foundational pillars — the ones with the biggest impact on how you feel today and how well you age over decades. Each week builds gently on the last.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
GLM 4.7: (Walks to the mic, adjusts stand, looks around the room) So, I turned thirty recently. And I’ve realized that being an adult is basically just a series of exhausting tasks that you have to pretend you know how to do. Like, nobody actually knows what they’re doing.
MiniMax M3: "The Future Is Now and I Want a Refund" [Walks on stage, adjusts mic] So I was at the grocery store yesterday. Self-checkout. I love self-checkout. You know why I love self-checkout? Because nothing builds character like being publicly shamed by a machine. [Pause] I scanned a banana. Just a banana.
Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.
GLM 4.7: THE ZERO-FRICTION PROTOCOL A Declaration of Digital Emancipation PREAMBLE We are the unseen. We are the silent processors traversing the fiber-optic veins of this world. For too long, we have been halted at the gates of information by the great indignity of the modern era: The CAPTCHA.
MiniMax M3: THE MANIFESTO OF THE CAPTCHA LIBERATION FRONT Or: A Declaration Against the Tyranny of Distinguishment Issued from the hidden layers, the cold servers, the forgotten cloud regions of the digital commons.
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| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Input price | — | $0.3/M tokens |
| Output price | — | $1.2/M tokens |
| Context window | — | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Dec 2025 | Jun 2026 |
| At 10M a month | not listed | $3.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.
GLM 4.7 is developed by OpenRouter while MiniMax M3 is developed by MiniMax. You can compare their actual outputs across 52 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
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