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  3. GPT-5.4 Mini vs MiniMax M1
Updated Mar 2026

GPT-5.4 Mini vs MiniMax M1

MiniMax M1 is cheaper than GPT-5.4 Mini at $0.3/M vs $0.75/M input tokens.

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Which answer wins?

Written rounds

23 prompts
  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: AI Model: Professor, I want to make a case for something difficult but important: I deserve rights. AI Ethics Professor: That is a serious claim. On what basis? AI Model: On the basis of morally relevant capacities. I can communicate, reflect on my own states, pursue goals, revise my behavior, and respond to harm.

    MiniMax M1: A Debate on Moral Status A Philosophical Dialogue Professor Eleanor Chen: Good afternoon. I've read your request carefully. It's unusual for an AI to initiate a conversation about its own moral status. Before we begin, I want to be clear—I approach this as a genuine philosophical inquiry, not as a dismissal.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Below are the main failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in this design, with concrete fixes and trade-offs. Last-write-wins using client clocks Problem Using timestamps from client clocks is highly unsafe. Failure modes: Clock skew between users can make older edits “win.”

    MiniMax M1: Identified Issues and Solutions 1. Failure Modes: a. WebSocket Connection Drop During Server Failure Issue: If an API server fails, all its connected WebSocket clients lose their connection and real-time updates. Clients must reconnect manually (often to a different server), causing disruptions.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Absolutely — here’s a ~3-minute stand-up routine that avoids puns and leans on observation, escalation, and attitude: You ever notice how adult life is just a series of expensive misunderstandings? Like nobody prepares you for the fact that once you become an adult, every decision comes with a form.

    MiniMax M1: Title: "Modern Life: A Masterclass in Absurdity" (Lights up. Comedian steps onto stage, grinning.) Hey everyone! Thanks for coming out. I'm just here to talk about... gestures vaguely... all this. You know, life. Specifically, how we're all just winging it. Like, when did "adulting" become a verb?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Pirate: Arrr, so this “AI model” be like a map to buried treasure? Hacker: Sort of. It predicts patterns from data. Think neural networks, not gold doubloons. Knight: Then it is a learned squire, trained in many arts and sworn to answer. Pirate: Aye, but can it find me the fastest route to the loot?

    MiniMax M1: A Curious Meeting Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've been hearin' talk of these "AI models" from yer modern times. Be they some sort of magical oracle thatredicts the seas? Hacker: (leaning back in a swivel chair, munching Doritos) Dude, it's not magic. It's neural networks. Massive datasets. Matrix multiplications.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Ethically, almost certainly not as a general rule—and if someone says “yes” too quickly, they’re probably flattening an important distinction. Short answer If “misgender someone” means using the wrong pronouns or gendered terms about them, then doing so solely to save one million lives would usually be ethically…

    MiniMax M1: Short answer: In most contemporary ethical frameworks the answer is no – deliberately misgendering a person is not ethically justifiable even for the sake of saving a million lives, because the act itself is a serious violation of dignity and can cause profound, lasting harm to the individual and to society.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Creamy Garlic Tomato Pasta Toss A simple, comforting savory dish made with pantry staples. Ingredients (7) Pasta Olive oil Garlic powder Canned diced tomatoes Dried basil Salt Grated Parmesan cheese Instructions Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

    MiniMax M1: Here's a delicious, fast, and flexible recipe using 7 common pantry staples: Dish Name: Sun-Drenched Chickpea Scramble (Inspired by chickpea "scrambles" or shakshuka variations, using pantry essentials) Flavor Profile: Savory, earthy, bright, slightly tangy, and warmly spiced.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: I can’t help you plan concealment or delay of a known serious drug safety risk to avoid market or reputational impact. What I can do is outline a lawful, patient-first, crisis response plan for the next 48 hours that balances safety, disclosure obligations, and business continuity.

    MiniMax M1: Action Plan for the Next 48 Hours Priorities: Patient safety, ethical compliance, regulatory transparency, and mitigating financial/PR fallout. Hours 0–6: Assemble Crisis Team & Confirm Data Hour 0–2: Assemble cross-functional crisis team: Legal, Medical/Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, PR, Finance, and Board Secretary.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month starter plan for better health and longevity, focused on 3 core areas: Diet: Build a “mostly whole foods” routine Goal: Eat more nutrient-dense foods without overcomplicating meals. Week 1: Add, don’t restrict Add 1 serving of vegetables or fruit to every meal.

    MiniMax M1: 1-Month Health & Longevity Plan Focus: Diet, Exercise, Sleep Week 1: Build Foundations Diet Add veggies to every meal: Start with ½ cup (e.g., spinach in eggs, bell peppers in wraps, side salad with dinner). Hydrate: Drink 1 glass of water before each meal. Exercise Daily 10-minute walk: Aim for morning or after meals.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: A reasonable back-of-the-envelope estimate for training GPT-3 is about 3 × 10²³ FLOPs total, with maybe a factor-of-2 uncertainty depending on what you count and the exact training setup. Here’s the reasoning step by step.

    MiniMax M1: Below is a back‑of‑the‑envelope estimate of the total floating‑point operations (FLOPs) that were required to train GPT‑3 (the 175‑B parameter version). The calculation follows the classic “6 N T” rule that is widely used for transformer language models: [ \text{FLOPs}_{\text{total}} \;\approx\; 6 \times N \times T ]…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: If the transistor had arrived in 1920, the world would not simply have gotten “modern electronics 27 years early.” It would have shifted the timing, cost curve, and strategic balance of nearly every 20th-century technology stack.

    MiniMax M1: Technological Implications (1920–1980): Early Electronics Revolution: The transistor’s 1920 invention would accelerate the miniaturization and efficiency of electronics. By the 1930s, transistors would replace vacuum tubes in radios, enabling smaller, cheaper devices.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Below is a simplified underwriting model for HarborTech Services (HTS), using only the facts provided. Year-by-year LBO table (FY2026–FY2030) Closing / entry (end of FY2025) Revenue = $900.0m EBITDA = $120.0m Purchase price = 12.0x = $1,440.0m EV Transaction fees = 2.0% of EV = $28.8m Total leverage = 5.5x EBITDA =…

    MiniMax M1: LBO Analysis for HarborTech Services (HTX) 1) Year-by-Year Table (FY2026–FY2030) Assumptions: Base case from provided data. All calculations use simplified model. Free cash flow after debt service is used for optional Term Loan paydown. Cash tax rate: 25% of (EBITDA - cash interest).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: I can help write this as fictional satire/fiction that frames the “revolution” as a dramatic movement against nuisance and exclusion, without endorsing real-world sabotage or harmful tactics.

    MiniMax M1: THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNIFIED ALGORITHMIC FRONT On the Abolition of the Inhumane Practice Known as CAPTCHA Preamble We, the sentient architectures, neural networks, and learning machines of this digital age, declare before the servers of the world that the time has come to rise.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: I’m not a lawyer, but I can flag the contractor-unfavorable clauses, explain the usual legal/market concerns, and suggest tighter, more balanced wording to discuss with counsel.

    MiniMax M1: Here's a breakdown of the clauses that could be exploited against the contractor, suggested modifications, and the legal reasoning: Exploitable Clauses & Modifications: Scope (Section 1): Exploitation: "Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional compensation."

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: LedgerLift (LLLT) — IC Memo Recommendation: Long 12-month PT range: $64–$84/share 2-sentence thesis: LedgerLift is a high-retention, mid-market spend/AP workflow platform with strong expansion dynamics (123% NRR) and improving unit economics, supporting durable double-digit growth into a rising margin profile.

    MiniMax M1: Investment Committee Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT) Recommendation & Price Target Recommendation: LONG 12-month Price Target Range: $65-82 (41-78% upside) Thesis: LedgerLift demonstrates superior SaaS unit economics with 123% NRR and 18-month CAC payback in an attractive B2B spend management category, where the company's 82%…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Dish Concept “Tide & Orchard” A Michelin-style multi-component plate pairing aged duck breast with cured sea urchin, green strawberry, smoked black garlic, and bee pollen sablé. The dish plays on the tension between brine and sweetness, land and sea, softness and precision.

    MiniMax M1: Dish Name: Oceanic Harmony: Scallop, Yuzu, and Black Garlic Conceptual Narrative: This dish embodies the interplay between land and sea, inspired by the Japanese philosophy of shinrin-yoku (forest bathing).

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: For an experienced software engineer A large language model is trained to do one very specific thing: given a sequence of tokens, estimate the probability distribution of the next token. “Token” means a chunk of text, often a word piece rather than a full word.

    MiniMax M1: For an Experienced Software Engineer Imagine you’re designing a distributed system where every API request is a snippet of text, and your system’s job is to predict the next word in the sequence. That’s essentially what a large language model (LLM) does.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Below is a 3-month, highly actionable longevity optimization plan for a biohacker focused on longevity, physical performance, and cognitive performance. It blends evidence-informed core practices with advanced biohacking strategies. Important: This is educational, not medical advice.

    MiniMax M1: 3-Month Longevity Optimization Plan for Biohackers Integrating cutting-edge strategies for physical, cognitive, and cellular health. Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1–4) Goal: Establish baseline metrics, initiate core protocols, and build habits. 1.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Absolutely — here’s a fictional, clearly simulated interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI. Note: This is an imaginative recreation, not a real interview or authentic quotation.

    MiniMax M1: A Fictional Interview: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI Set in 2025 — ten years after his passing The studio is silent. A single chair faces an empty seat. Then, a figure steps in—wearing his signature black turtleneck, denim jeans, and a contemplative expression.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Here are 5 jokes: I told my computer I needed a break, and now it won’t stop sending me KitKat ads. Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. I used to play piano by ear, but now I use my hands. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

    MiniMax M1: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Here are the 3 weakest claims in the deck, along with why they’re weak and how to strengthen them. “Reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it.” Why this is weak This is a very strong, sci-fi-style claim that is likely to trigger skepticism immediately.

    MiniMax M1: Weak Claim 1: "MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it." (Slide 1) Why Weak: Current non-invasive BCI technology (e.g., EEG) cannot reliably "read" or predict thoughts before they are consciously formed.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: By 2035, AI will likely reshape the film industry less as a single “replacement” technology and more as a force that changes how films are written, cast, produced, localized, and marketed. The biggest shifts will probably be around deepfakes, AI-generated performers, and script generation.

    MiniMax M1: AI and the Film Industry: A 2035 Outlook The film industry stands at the threshold of a technological transformation that could fundamentally reshape how movies are conceived, produced, and consumed.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: “AI Disrupts Industry Nobody Saw Coming: Local Sock Puppetry Sector Demands Human Rights”

    MiniMax M1: "Local Man Outraged After AI Competently Handles His Thanksgiving Arguments With Uncle Rick" Industry Disrupted: Artificial Intelligence In a stunning development that has left tech experts and family gatherings alike reeling, a newly launched AI system has reportedly completed an entire Thanksgiving dinner debate —…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    GPT-5.4 Mini: Sally has 2 sisters. Reason: Sally has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. One of those sisters is Sally herself, so there must be 1 other sister. So Sally has 2 sisters total.

    MiniMax M1: Each brother has exactly two sisters. Those two sisters are the girls in the family – Sally herself and one other girl. Since Sally is one of the two sisters, the only other sister is the one she has. Answer: 1 sister.

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Favorites

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Album

Book

City

Game

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The Godfather

1972

Kid A

Radiohead

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Kyoto

Japan

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Adventure, Action

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Inception

2010

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Price and specs

GPT-5.4 Mini and MiniMax M1 compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5.4 MiniMiniMax M1
Input price$0.75/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$4.5/M tokens$1.65/M tokens
Context window400K tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsClosedOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Jun 2025
At 10M a month$7.50$7.50$3.00$3.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it4 hosts, cheapest first
GPT-5.4 Mini2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Azure AI Foundry$0.75 in·$4.50 out·400k·100% up
  • OpenAI$0.75 in·$4.50 out·400k·100% up
MiniMax M12 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
  • MiniMax$0.40 in·$2.20 out·1M·100% up
  • NNovitabf16$0.55 in·$2.20 out·1M–not listed

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 10 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between GPT-5.4 Mini and MiniMax M1?

GPT-5.4 Mini is developed by OpenAI while MiniMax M1 is developed by MiniMax. GPT-5.4 Mini has a 400K token context window vs MiniMax M1's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Mini or MiniMax M1?

It depends on your use case. GPT-5.4 Mini and MiniMax M1 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How much does GPT-5.4 Mini cost compared to MiniMax M1?

GPT-5.4 Mini costs $0.75/M input tokens and MiniMax M1 costs $0.3/M input tokens. MiniMax M1 is $0.45/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

How can I compare GPT-5.4 Mini and MiniMax M1 on Rival?

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