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MiniMax M3vsSonar Pro
MiniMax M3 and Sonar Pro do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. MiniMax M3 is 12x 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
MiniMax M3
12x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
MiniMax M3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
MiniMax · Perplexity
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · released 2026-06-01
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 3 only MiniMax M3 · 1 only Sonar Pro| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Sonar Pro | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only MiniMax M3 reports · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | 1433.5 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Sonar Pro reports · 1 | ||||
| SimpleQA F-score | not reported | 85.8% ↗ | — | — |
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 MiniMax M3 minus Sonar Pro 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 | MiniMax M3 | Sonar Pro | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 200K tokens | MiniMax M3 |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | $3 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Output price / 1M | $1.2 ↗ | $15 ↗ | MiniMax M3 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.06 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.5 | $18 | MiniMax M3 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text | MiniMax M3 |
| Released | 2026-06-01 | 2025-01-21 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 1 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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