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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3

Summary

Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M3 benchmark comparison: Claude Opus 4.6 leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.6. MiniMax M3 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.131 vs $2.053. Claude Opus 4.6 is faster at 25.89s vs 68.17s, with pass rates of 61.9% vs 65.1%.

Recommended model: MiniMax M3 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.6 vs 7.7), while costing about 15.7x less than Claude Opus 4.6.

Last updated at: 2026-07-02

Metric Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 medium Release: 2026-02-05 MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01
Score 7.7 7.6
Rank #40 #42
Reliability 10.0 9.6
Consistency 8.8 7.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 61.9% 65.1%
Flaky tests 3 5
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 17.103 1.187
Total Cost $2.053 $0.131
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.300 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $1.200 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 53,227 46,546
Output Tokens 47,446 49,036
Reasoning Tokens 24,000 92,543
Response Time (avg) 25.89s 68.17s
Response Time (max) 83.40s 431.03s
Response Time (total) 362.49s 1363.38s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

#40 Claude Opus 4.6

medium
Invalid SVG
Cost
$0.000
Time
300.0s
Tokens
0 tok

#42 MiniMax M3

medium
Cost
$0.012
Time
154.4s
Tokens
10,018 tok

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Category Breakdown

Anti-AI Tricks Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 6.4 5.8 66.7% 2 7.45s 840 986 1,071
MiniMax M3 5.5 3.7 66.7% 3 14.95s 2,526 874 3,414
Coding Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 5.7 7.1 44.4% 1 30.10s 8,522 13,057 4,121
MiniMax M3 6.1 6.5 55.6% 1 144.74s 5,804 6,223 32,667
Combined Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 76.66s 20,685 8,178 5,194
MiniMax M3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 65.30s 14,760 1,306 6,253
Data parsing and extraction Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 7.37s 8,676 691 757
MiniMax M3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 14.92s 8,088 514 3,164
Domain specific Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 83.40s 674 14,642 8,687
MiniMax M3 5.5 9.3 33.3% 0 233.13s 869 16,254 19,070
General Intelligence Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 5.04s 564 188 292
MiniMax M3 5.1 3.4 33.3% 1 33.25s 954 2,487 2,523
Instructions following Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.43s 792 266 467
MiniMax M3 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 6.14s 1,623 103 920
Puzzle Solving Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 7.7 10.0 66.7% 0 4.71s 816 532 630
MiniMax M3 7.9 9.9 66.7% 0 49.91s 2,079 11,946 13,761
Tool Calling Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 9.73s 11,454 861 329
MiniMax M3 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 11.91s 9,168 281 555
Trivia Score Consistency Attempt pass rate Flaky tests Tests Correct Response Time (avg) Input Tokens Output Tokens Reasoning Tokens
Claude Opus 4.6 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 63.24s 204 8,045 2,452
MiniMax M3 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 100.80s 675 9,048 10,216

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