Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs o3-pro
o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 36× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 2 categories and o3-pro in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 41.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 69.4% for MiniMax M1 and 97.2% for o3-pro.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | o3-pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 40K | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding o3-pro leads
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 84.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 58.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 59.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
| DTBench | — | 86.9% |
| LMCA | — | 38.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.42 |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Confabulations | — | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | — |
| LMArena French | 1370 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context o3-pro leads
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | 97.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference o3-pro leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than o3-pro?
o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 36× less per token, which makes it the better buy when o3-pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or o3-pro?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.
Is MiniMax M1 or o3-pro better for coding?
o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and o3-pro share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.