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CodestralvsMiniMax M3
Codestral and MiniMax M3 do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Codestral is 1.3x cheaper per token. MiniMax M3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Codestral
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
MiniMax M3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
Mistral AI · MiniMax
Codestral
Mistral AI · released 2025-01-13
text
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · released 2026-06-01
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 1 only Codestral · 3 only MiniMax M3| Benchmark | Codestral | MiniMax M3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only Codestral reports · 1 | ||||
| HumanEval | 86.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MiniMax M3 reports · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | not reported | 90.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1433.5 ↗ | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 71.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Codestral minus MiniMax M3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Codestral | MiniMax M3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 256K tokens | 1M tokens | MiniMax M3 |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $0.3 ↗ | Tie |
| Output price / 1M | $0.9 ↗ | $1.2 ↗ | Codestral |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | $0.06 ↗ | Codestral |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.2 | $1.5 | Codestral |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | MiniMax M3 |
| Released | 2025-01-13 | 2026-06-01 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 1 | 3 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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