MiniMax M3 vs o1
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against o1 by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 128K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
o1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
MiniMax M3 is 50x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
50× cheaper
Output
$1.20
50× cheaper
o1
Input
$15.00
Output
$60.00
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 50× input, 50× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
38%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
MiniMax M3
o1
55%Vocabulary64%
24wSentence Length16w
0.52Hedging0.76
5.2Bold5.0
3.0Lists2.6
1.15Emoji0.00
1.21Headings0.44
0.02Transitions0.40
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