MiniMax M1 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 200K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
OpenAI o4 Mini HighRunner-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
OpenAI o4 Mini High
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 2.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
MiniMax M1 uses 743.5x more bold
MiniMax M1
OpenAI o4 Mini High
53%Vocabulary70%
17wSentence Length18w
0.51Hedging0.33
7.4Bold0.0
6.2Lists1.3
0.10Emoji0.02
0.86Headings0.00
0.03Transitions0.04
Based on 14 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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