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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-06-12.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | openai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 87.0 | 73.0 |
| Input Price | $0.30/M | $0.20/M |
| Output Price | $1.20/M | $1.25/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 400,000 |
| Max Output | 512,000 | 128,000 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 90.2 | 72.6 |
| ai_index_agentic | 100.0 | 78.5 |
| ai_index_coding | 71.6 | 72.4 |
Who wins by task?
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 170 | 165 |
| Code Review | 167 | 161 |
| Code Completion | 133 | 133 |
| Code Refactoring | 163 | 159 |
| Bug Fixing | 182 | 175 |
| Unit Test Generation | 152 | 149 |
| Code Documentation | 144 | 142 |
| Regex Writing | 137 | 134 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 144 | 140 |
| Frontend Component Design | 146 | 142 |
| Data Analysis | 171 | 164 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 151 | 150 |
| ETL Scripting | 154 | 150 |
| JSON Extraction | 145 | 144 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 134 | 134 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 144 | 143 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 144 | 143 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 161 | 157 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 132 | 131 |
| Blog Post Writing | 141 | 138 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →
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