GPT-5.4 Mini vs MiniMax M3
Compare GPT-5.4 Mini by OpenAI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 400K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
GPT-5.4 MiniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
MiniMax M3 is 3.8x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GPT-5.4 Mini
Input
$0.75
Output
$4.50
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
2.5× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.8× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 2.5× input, 3.8× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
GPT-5.4 Mini
MiniMax M3
54%Vocabulary55%
20wSentence Length24w
0.72Hedging0.52
6.0Bold5.2
8.3Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
2.11Headings1.21
0.04Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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