Llama 3.1 405B vs MiniMax M3
Compare Llama 3.1 405B by Meta AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 12 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 3.1 405B
MiniMax M3
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
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API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 3.1 405B
Input
$2.70
Output
$3.10
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
9.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
2.6× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 9.0× input, 2.6× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
44%
MiniMax M3 uses 520.0x more bold
Llama 3.1 405B
MiniMax M3
56%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length24w
0.41Hedging0.52
0.0Bold5.2
1.9Lists3.0
0.03Emoji1.15
0.00Headings1.21
0.16Transitions0.02
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