MiniMax M1 vs o3 Mini
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against o3 Mini by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 64K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
o3 MiniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M1 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
3.7× cheaper
Output
$1.65
2.7× cheaper
o3 Mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 2.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
28%
MiniMax M1 uses 10.4x more emoji
MiniMax M1
o3 Mini
53%Vocabulary65%
17wSentence Length17w
0.51Hedging0.74
7.4Bold3.9
6.2Lists1.7
0.10Emoji0.00
0.86Headings0.47
0.03Transitions0.38
Based on 14 + 12 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
