AI model comparison

MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs GPT-4o-mini

Side by side comparison of MiniMax M3.1 Flash and GPT-4o-mini on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a multimodal model from MiniMax. Compared with M3, it delivers significant improvements across multiple benchmarks, particularly in complex agentic tasks, coding, and cybersecurity.

Input / 1M: $0.15
Output / 1M: $0.60
Context: 1.05M

GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs.

Input / 1M: $0.15
Output / 1M: $0.60
Context: 128K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

Tie

Same price for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Not available

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

1.05M vs 128K tokens

Newer release

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Released October 19, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

MiniMax M3.1 Flash28.9

GPT-4o-miniNot available

Coding index

MiniMax M3.1 FlashNot available

GPT-4o-mini11.4

Agentic index

MiniMax M3.1 FlashNot available

GPT-4o-miniNot available

Pricing

MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs GPT-4o-mini API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metric	MiniMax M3.1 Flash	GPT-4o-mini
Input tokensPer 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.15
Output tokensPer 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.60
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens	$0.02	$0.08
Cache writePer 1M tokens	Not available	Not available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

MiniMax M3.1 Flash$0.60

GPT-4o-mini$0.60

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

MiniMax M3.1 Flash$6.90$2.85 cached

GPT-4o-mini$6.90$4.65 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

MiniMax M3.1 Flash$23.70$3.45 cached

GPT-4o-mini$23.70$12.45 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metric	MiniMax M3.1 Flash	GPT-4o-mini
Context window	1.05M tokens	128K tokens
Max output	524K tokens	16K tokens
Input types	Image, Text, Video	File, Image, Text
Output types	Text	Text
Reasoning effort levels	Max, Extra high, High, Medium, Low	Not available
Default reasoning effort	Max	Not available
Release date	October 19, 2026	July 18, 2024

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metric	MiniMax M3.1 Flash	GPT-4o-mini
Tool calling	Supported	Supported
Structured outputs	Supported	Supported
JSON mode	Supported	Supported
Reasoning	Supported	Not supported
Temperature	Supported	Supported
Stop sequences	Supported	Supported
Deterministic seed	Supported	Supported
Verbosity control	Not supported	Not supported

Our take

MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the larger context window (1.05M vs 128K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax M3.1 Flash or GPT-4o-mini cheaper?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash and GPT-4o-mini cost the same for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens, and GPT-4o-mini costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, MiniMax M3.1 Flash or GPT-4o-mini?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 128K for GPT-4o-mini.

Can I use MiniMax M3.1 Flash and GPT-4o-mini at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see MiniMax M3.1 Flash and GPT-4o-mini answer side by side and keep the better response.

Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to MiniMax M3.1 Flash and GPT-4o-mini at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.

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