Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs MiniMax M1

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 5.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.5 to 37.5.
  • MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and MiniMax M1 specifications
GPT-5.4MiniMax M1
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Noometry Index59.440.3
Released2026-03-052025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output128K40K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$15$2.20
Results tracked6818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14971359
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), MiniMax M1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14851339
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert15071317
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), MiniMax M1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14651319
LMArena Chinese15191360
LMArena French14931370
LMArena German14721350
LMArena Japanese14851217
LMArena Korean14481266
LMArena Russian14801329
LMArena Spanish14541353

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14691312

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14731326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4MiniMax M1
LMArena Text14691343
LMArena Creative Writing14391298
LMArena Multi-Turn14821335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than MiniMax M1?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax M1 costs 5.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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