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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs GLM-5.3-Flash

MiniMax-M3.1-FlashMiniMax
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
Our take

GLM-5.3-Flash wins 1 of 1 categories and costs less: 1.1× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall–55
Coding6069Best
Writing–64
Support–67
Value–60
Input / 1M$0.15$0.15
Output / 1M$0.60$0.50Best
Blended / 1M$0.26$0.24Best
Context window1M1M
Open weightsNoYes
Released19 Oct 202626 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash$52.50
GLM-5.3-Flash$47.50Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs GLM-5.3-Flash: scores, price and which to pick · Model Menu