Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) vs MiniMax M3
Compare Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) by Meta AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 51 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)
MiniMax M3
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)
Input
$0.59
Output
$0.79
1.5× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
MiniMax M3 wins input (2.0× cheaper)·Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct) wins output (1.5× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
33%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
Llama 3.1 70B (Instruct)
MiniMax M3
51%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length24w
0.46Hedging0.52
3.4Bold5.2
5.6Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.00Headings1.21
0.06Transitions0.02
Based on 15 + 27 text responses
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