GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh) vs MiniMax-M3

Which is better for the money: GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh) by OpenAI or MiniMax-M3 by MiniMax? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 44.00
Total cost: $2082

MiniMaxMiniMax-M3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 29.20
Total cost: $538

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh) scores 14.8 points higher (44.0 vs 29.2) but costs 3.9× as much to run the benchmark ($2082 vs $538; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 29.2, and MiniMax-M3 when 29.2 is enough.

Metric	GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh)	MiniMax-M3	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	44.0	29.2	−33.6% MiniMax-M3 is 33.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,082.28	$537.98	−74.2% MiniMax-M3 is 74.2% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	37.27s	24.32s	−34.7% MiniMax-M3 is 34.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$4.00 / $20.0	$0.30 / $1.20
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

MiniMax-M3 vs GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh): 33.6% less intelligence, 74.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 34.7% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-5.6 Sol (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
MiniMax-M3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.

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