Model comparison
GPT-5.4 vs MiniMax-M3
GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M3 costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 10 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 0 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.3 to 39.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GBAEval: 45.1% for GPT-5.4 and 0.9% for MiniMax-M3.
- MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 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-M3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 59.5 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2026-06-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 512K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $15 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 68 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 52.8 (#28), MiniMax-M3: 41.5 (#111)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1465 | 1482 |
| SciCode | 56.6% | 47.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1497 | 1470 |
| ALE-Bench | 1,607 | 640.02 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76.9% | — |
| DeepSWE | 51.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | — | 14.7% |
| GSO | 31.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 77.7% | — |
| MirrorCode | 15.6% | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.85 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#12), MiniMax-M3: 22.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 52.4% | 37.7% |
| GBAEval | 45.1% | 0.9% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,144 | 2,158 |
| Terminal-Bench | 81.8% | — |
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 4.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | 39.4% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 19% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1197 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 74.3% | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 61.7 (#17), MiniMax-M3: 29.3 (#83)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 91.3% | 65.1% |
| CritPt | 23.4% | 3.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 44% | 14% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | 1447 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 37% | 8% |
| DTBench | 94.4% | 78.9% |
| LMCA | 52% | 33.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.92 | 147 |
| ForecastBench | 59.5 | 61.4 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 74% | — |
| SimpleBench | — | 45.8% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 93.7% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 16% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 80% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 25.4% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55% |
Math GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 73.3 (#14), MiniMax-M3: 39.1 (#83)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | 71.1% |
| ProofBench | 56% | 18% |
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1432 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 78.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 49% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 83.1% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 47.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 27.1% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#13), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.3% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1507 | 1462 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 36.2% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 45.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7% | — |
Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 43.8 (#19), MiniMax-M3: 39.5 (#45)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1302 | 1254 |
| LMArena Document | 1471 | 1435 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 27.1% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 37.5% | — |
Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 56.4 (#22), MiniMax-M3: 53.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1465 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1520 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1493 | 1445 |
| LMArena German | 1472 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1484 | 1381 |
| LMArena Korean | 1449 | 1372 |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | 1430 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1453 | 1431 |
Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 77.3 (#25), MiniMax-M3: 75.7 (#56)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1469 | 1433 |
Long Context GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#68)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1474 | 1445 |
| CL-bench | 27.9% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 21.7% | — |
Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads
GPT-5.4: 72.1 (#18), MiniMax-M3: 62.3 (#79)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1469 | 1433 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1405 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1272 | 1150 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1482 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1840 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 better than MiniMax-M3?
GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M3 costs 11× 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-M3?
MiniMax-M3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.
Is GPT-5.4 or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?
GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 41.5 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-M3 share?
37 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.