MiniMax M3 vs OpenAI o4 Mini High
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against OpenAI o4 Mini High by OpenAI, context windows of 1.0M vs 200K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
OpenAI o4 Mini HighRunner-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 High
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 3.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
MiniMax M3 uses 520.0x more bold
MiniMax M3
OpenAI o4 Mini High
55%Vocabulary70%
24wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.33
5.2Bold0.0
3.0Lists1.3
1.15Emoji0.02
1.21Headings0.00
0.02Transitions0.04
Based on 27 + 14 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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