Data verified: Aug 15, 2026, 11:13 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Data verified: Aug 15, 2026, 11:13 AM · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Price, context and performance head to head. Data synced from the provider catalog.
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MiniMax M3
Larger context
MiniMax M3
Faster
MiniMax M3
Higher quality
MiniMax M3
| Feature | GPT Audio | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | MiniMax |
| Tier | Mid-tier | Budget |
| Input per 1M tokens | $2.5 | $0.3 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $10 | $1.2 |
| Cached input per 1M | $2.5 | $0.06 |
| Context window | 128K | 1.0M |
| Intelligence index | — | 45/100 |
| Coding index | — | 59/100 |
| Agentic index | — | 36/100 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 1 |
| Tau-bench (airline) | — | 1 |
| Speed | Standard | Fast |
| Vision (image input) | No | Yes |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
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MiniMax M3 saves $33/mo vs GPT Audio
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A token is the unit an AI model processes: usually between half a word and a full word. Rule of thumb: 1,000 tokens ≈ 750 English words. A 20-word sentence is about 26 tokens; a 300-word email is around 400. Models charge for input tokens (your prompt) and output tokens (their answer) separately.