Claude Opus 4.8 vs MiniMax M3
Anthropic vs MiniMax — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •MiniMax M3 is cheaper ($0.30 vs $5.00 per 1M input)
- •MiniMax M3 has a larger context window (1M)
| Claude Opus 4.8 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 71.7 | — |
| Developer | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Input price | $5.00 / 1M | $0.30 / 1M |
| Output price | $25.00 / 1M | $1.20 / 1M |
| Speed | 66 tok/s | — |
| Released | May 28, 2026 | May 31, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |