Llama 4 Scout vs MiniMax M3
Compare Llama 4 Scout by Meta AI against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 10.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Llama 4 Scout
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 4 Scout
Input
$0.25
1.2× cheaper
Output
$0.50
2.4× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Llama 4 Scout is cheaper on both — 1.2× input, 2.4× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
Llama 4 Scout
MiniMax M3
43%Vocabulary55%
42wSentence Length24w
0.81Hedging0.52
4.1Bold5.2
7.3Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.30Headings1.21
0.04Transitions0.02
Based on 10 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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