Claude Opus 5 (Low) vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5 (Low) by Anthropic or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash by MiniMax? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Claude Opus 5 (Low): 8.4% more intelligence, 81.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 114.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5 (Low) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 39.4 | 42.7 | +8.4% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 8.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,560.91 | $283.18 | −81.9% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 81.9% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 11.79s | 25.34s | +114.9% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 114.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $5.00 / $25.0 | $0.15 / $0.60 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- 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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