MiniMax M1 vs Claude Opus 4

Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Claude Opus 4 by Anthropic, context windows of 1.0M vs 200K, tested across 25 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.

Which is better, MiniMax M1 or Claude Opus 4?

MiniMax M1 and Claude Opus 4 are both competitive models. MiniMax M1 costs $0.3/M input tokens vs $15/M for Claude Opus 4. Context windows: 1000K vs 200K tokens. Compare their real outputs side by side below.

Key Differences Between MiniMax M1 and Claude Opus 4

MiniMax M1 is made by minimax while Claude Opus 4 is from anthropic. MiniMax M1 has a 1000K token context window compared to Claude Opus 4's 200K. On pricing, MiniMax M1 costs $0.3/M input tokens vs $15/M for Claude Opus 4.

Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1
Claude Opus 4
Claude Opus 4

No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.

MiniMax M1 is 45x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.

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Style Comparison

Similarity
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Claude Opus 4 uses 8.4x more transitions

MiniMax M1
Claude Opus 4
53%Vocabulary64%
17wSentence Length62w
0.51Hedging0.52
7.4Bold4.4
6.2Lists9.1
0.10Emoji0.11
0.86Headings1.87
0.03Transitions0.27
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