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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3

Summary

Claude Opus 4.8 vs MiniMax M3 benchmark comparison: Claude Opus 4.8 leads on average score with 7.7 vs 7.6. MiniMax M3 has the lower benchmark cost at $0.131 vs $1.270. Claude Opus 4.8 is faster at 10.83s vs 68.17s, with pass rates of 79.4% vs 65.1%.

Recommended model: MiniMax M3 - Its score stays close to the best score here (7.6 vs 7.7), while costing about 9.7x less than Claude Opus 4.8.

Last updated at: 2026-06-30

Metric Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 low Release: 2026-05-28 MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01
Score 7.7 7.6
Rank #38 #42
Reliability 10.0 9.6
Consistency 8.8 7.9
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate 79.4% 65.1%
Flaky tests 3 5
Total Runs 63 63
Cost per result 8.466 1.187
Total Cost $1.270 $0.131
Input Price $5.000 / 1M $0.300 / 1M
Output Price $25.000 / 1M $1.200 / 1M
Total Input Tokens 60,946 46,546
Output Tokens 31,771 49,036
Reasoning Tokens 6,831 92,543
Response Time (avg) 10.83s 68.17s
Response Time (max) 127.97s 431.03s
Response Time (total) 227.39s 1363.38s

Generation showcase

Hamster playing table tennis

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

#38 Claude Opus 4.8

low
Cost
$0.031
Time
14.1s
Tokens
1,345 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 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.30s 834 793 371
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 4.8 6.6 4.6 77.8% 2 7.58s 10,590 3,637 809
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 4.8 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 20.84s 23,500 2,216 1,081
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 4.8 6.3 5.8 66.7% 1 2.27s 10,503 310 0
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 4.8 5.3 10.0 33.3% 0 45.53s 975 23,311 3,908
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 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 2.55s 708 231 0
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 4.8 9.8 10.0 100.0% 0 2.78s 909 111 221
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 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 3.01s 894 592 184
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 4.8 10.0 10.0 100.0% 0 6.85s 11,775 370 35
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 4.8 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 5.48s 258 200 222
MiniMax M3 3.0 10.0 0.0% 0 100.80s 675 9,048 10,216

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