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Claude Sonnet 4 vs MiniMax M1 (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Claude Sonnet 4 vs. MiniMax M1
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Overview

Claude Sonnet 4 was released 26 days before MiniMax M1.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M1MiniMax M1
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
Anthropic logoAnthropic
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
200K
tokens
1M
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
64K
tokens
40K
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
May 22nd, 2025
June 17th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

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Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M1
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text📁File
📝Text
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
ClaudeOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation

Pricing

Claude Sonnet 4 is roughly 10.0x more expensive compared to MiniMax M1 for input tokens and roughly 9.1x more expensive for output tokens.
Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M1MiniMax M1
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
$0.30
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$1.65
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Claude Sonnet 4Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M1MiniMax M1
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
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MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
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HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
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At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Claude Sonnet 4 and MiniMax M1 unique.
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 22nd, 2025.
MiniMax logoMiniMax M1 by MiniMax can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Very affordable at $0.30/M input and $1.65/M output tokens. Released June 17th, 2025.

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