MiniMax M3 vs OpenAI o4-mini
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against OpenAI o4-mini by OpenAI, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
OpenAI o4-miniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
MiniMax M3 is 3.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
3.7× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.7× cheaper
OpenAI o4-mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 3.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
45%
MiniMax M3 uses 520.0x more bold
MiniMax M3
OpenAI o4-mini
55%Vocabulary73%
24wSentence Length15w
0.52Hedging0.18
5.2Bold0.0
3.0Lists2.1
1.15Emoji0.00
1.21Headings0.00
0.02Transitions0.02
Based on 27 + 10 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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