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GPT-5 Chat vs MiniMax M3
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
MiniMax M3 wins on 1/1 benchmarks
MiniMax M3 wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·MiniMax M3
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Chat
#3 by perf·#1 by attention
MiniMax M3
#19 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M3
6.4x better value than GPT-5 Chat
GPT-5 Chat
14.6 pts/$
$5.63/M
MiniMax M3
93.3 pts/$
$0.75/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
GPT-5 ChatMiniMax M3
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
MiniMax M3 leads by +21.6
GPT-5 Chat
1426.6
MiniMax M3
1448.2
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Chat | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1426.6 | 1448.2 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.25 | $10.00 | 128K tokens (~64 books) | $34.38 | |
| $0.30 | $1.20 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $5.25 |