MiniMax M3 vs OpenAI o3
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against OpenAI o3 by OpenAI, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
OpenAI o3
MiniMax M3Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, OpenAI o3 has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
MiniMax M3 is 33x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
33× cheaper
Output
$1.20
33× cheaper
OpenAI o3
Input
$10.00
Output
$40.00
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 33× input, 33× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
46%
MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji
MiniMax M3
OpenAI o3
55%Vocabulary68%
24wSentence Length14w
0.52Hedging0.26
5.2Bold0.7
3.0Lists3.0
1.15Emoji0.00
1.21Headings0.38
0.02Transitions0.12
Based on 27 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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