Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash by MiniMax? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 152.7% more intelligence, 52.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 7.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 16.9 | 42.7 | +152.7% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 2.5× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $594.08 | $283.18 | −52.3% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 52.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.38s | 22.62s | −7.2% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 7.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.15 / $0.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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