Model comparison
MiniMax M3 vs Claude 4 Sonnet
Capability radar, value bars, and side-by-side posture.
MiniMax M3
Not scored
value score
Claude 4 Sonnet
91
value score
MiniMax M3 ctx
—
Claude 4 Sonnet ctx
200K
Capability radar
Value · context · multimodal · openness · speed posture
Value head-to-head
- Claude 4 Sonnet91
Attribute tape
| Field | MiniMax M3 | Claude 4 Sonnet |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | minimax | Anthropic |
| Context | — | 200K |
| Modalities | Text, Code, Image | |
| Openness | — | Proprietary Model |
| Speed | — | Fast |
| Price | — | $3/1M in · $15/1M out |
| Value score | — | 91 |
| Summary | MiniMax M3 is a frontier open-weight foundation model combining native multimodal understanding (text, image, video), strong coding and agentic task execution, and up to 1M-token context via MiniMax Sparse Attention (MSA). It is positioned as the first open-weight model to unify frontier coding performance, 1M context, and native multimodality in a single release. | Balanced Claude model for coding and agents. |