GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) vs MiniMax-M3

Which is better for the money: GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) by OpenAI or MiniMax-M3 by MiniMax? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (Max)On the frontier

Intelligence: 51.80
Total cost: $1082

MiniMaxMiniMax-M3Off the frontier

Intelligence: 29.20
Total cost: $538

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 22.6 points higher (51.8 vs 29.2) but costs 2.0× as much to run the benchmark ($1082 vs $538; both premium class). Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise MiniMax-M3.

Metric	GPT-6.1 Sol (Max)	MiniMax-M3	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	51.8	29.2	−43.6% MiniMax-M3 is 43.6% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,081.55	$537.98	−50.3% MiniMax-M3 is 50.3% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	250.67s	25.25s	−89.9% MiniMax-M3 is 89.9% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$0.30 / $1.20
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

MiniMax-M3 vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Max): 43.6% less intelligence, 50.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 89.9% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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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