Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning) vs MiniMax-M3

Anthropic · MiniMax · catalog 2026-09-14

MiniMax-M3 beats Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning): cheaper ($0.222 vs $3.85/M) and at least as smart (index 29.6 vs 29.1).

	Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning)	MiniMax-M3
Speed (tok/s)	44.7 measured	87.7 measured
Blended $/M	$3.85 derived	$0.222 derived
Intelligence index	29.1 measured	29.6 measured
TTFT (ms)	1488 measured	174 measured
Context	—	1049k list
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

Claude Opus 4.5 (Reasoning) card · MiniMax-M3 card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.