Mistral Medium 3.5 vs MiniMax-M3: scores, price and which to pick

Add a model

Our take

MiniMax-M3 wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 5.7× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall1831Best

Coding1945Best

Writing3546Best

Support4049Best

Value932Best

Input / 1M$1.50$0.30Best

Output / 1M$7.50$1.20Best

Blended / 1M$3.00$0.53Best

Context window262K1MBest

Open weightsYesYes

Released29 Apr 20261 Jun 2026

Your monthly bill

Tasks per month50k

Mistral Medium 3.5$600

MiniMax-M3$105Cheapest

List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.