text model comparison
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash are both current text models, from Anthropic and MiniMax. Claude Haiku 5.5 is 33% cheaper per 1M input tokens than MiniMax M3.1 Flash, $0.10 vs $0.15. On Arena WebDev, Claude Haiku 5.5 scores 1589 Elo and MiniMax M3.1 Flash 1582 Elo (Arena, measured October 28, 2026). Both accept 1,000,000 tokens of context.
- Higher Arena WebDev
- Claude Haiku 5.51589 Elo against 1582 Elo
- Lower price per 1M input tokens
- Claude Haiku 5.5$0.10 against $0.15
- Newer release
- MiniMax M3.1 FlashOct 2026 against Oct 2026
Data verified November 3, 2026 · Dataset 2026-11-03
Side by side
Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash, line by line
Prices in effect today, compared at the same tier wherever both list one. The better value in each row is highlighted.
| Fact | Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Price per 1M input tokens | $0.10 (better) | $0.15 |
| Price per 1M output tokens | $0.50 (better) | $0.60 |
| Independent benchmarks | ||
| Arena WebDev | 1589 Elo (#24 of 45) (better) | 1582 Elo (#26 of 45) |
| Arena Text | 1425 Elo (#41 of 51) | Not measured |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) | 75.1% (#19 of 42) | Not measured |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.6% (#30 of 41) | Not measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 23.8% (#35 of 38) | Not measured |
| Specs | ||
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Release date | October 7, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Access | API only | API and open weights |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 128,000 tokens | Not reported |
| Input | text, image | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |
Charts
Against every current text model
Where Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash land among the current models of their task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.
Where each stands
On Arena WebDev, Claude Haiku 5.5 ranks #24 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash #26 of 45 current models. Each bar is the share of current models it beats: on score, price and context.
Independent benchmarks
Arena Text
Claude Haiku 5.5:#41of 51
1,425 Elo · ahead of 18%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Not scored
Arena WebDev
Claude Haiku 5.5:#24of 45
1,589 Elo · ahead of 48%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash:#26of 45
1,582 Elo · ahead of 41%
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)
Claude Haiku 5.5:#19of 42
75.1% · ahead of 56%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Not scored
GPQA Diamond
Claude Haiku 5.5:#30of 41
89.6% · ahead of 28%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Not scored
SimpleQA Verified
Claude Haiku 5.5:#35of 38
23.8% · ahead of 8%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Not scored
Price and context
Price per 1M input tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5:#1of 52
$0.10 · cheaper than 96%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash:#5of 52
$0.15 · cheaper than 90%
Price per 1M output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5:#3of 52
$0.50 · cheaper than 92%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash:#6of 52
$0.60 · cheaper than 90%
Context window
Claude Haiku 5.5:#26of 64
1M tokens · longer than 22%
MiniMax M3.1 Flash:#26of 64
1M tokens · longer than 22%
Quality against price
Claude Haiku 5.5 scores 1,425 at $0.2 (blended price per 1M tokens). The line joins the current models no other beats on both price and Arena Text score; hover any point to name it.
Quality against price: the data
| Model | Provider | Blended price per 1M tokens | Arena Text (Elo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | $4 | 1,520 | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | $8 | 1,509 |
| Muse Wonder | Meta | $8 | 1,507 |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,504 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,504 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $1.50 | 1,496 | |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | $2 | 1,495 |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,492 |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot Kimi | $6 | 1,488 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $8 | 1,485 |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $3 | 1,483 | |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $11 | 1,482 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,482 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | Alibaba Qwen | $3 | 1,482 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,481 |
| GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | $2.15 | 1,481 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.54 | 1,480 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,477 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai | $0.24 | 1,477 |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $20 | 1,476 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | DeepSeek | $0.52 | 1,476 |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $5.63 | 1,475 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $1.13 | 1,473 | |
| Grok 4.20 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,472 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $4.50 | 1,467 |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $3 | 1,465 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Pro | DeepSeek | $1.98 | 1,465 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,462 |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,458 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.85 | 1,456 | |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $3 | 1,455 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.45 | 1,453 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.18 | 1,448 |
| Step 5 Preview | StepFun | $1.43 | 1,448 |
| Grok 4.3 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,442 |
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.20 | 1,441 |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | $3 | 1,441 |
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral AI | $1.05 | 1,432 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | $0.20 | 1,425 |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $3.50 | 1,415 |
| Solar Pro 4 | Upstage | $0.52 | 1,388 |
| GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | $0.70 | 1,383 |
| GPT-4.1 nano | OpenAI | $0.18 | 1,322 |
Cost
What each costs
Example workloads at each provider's listed rates, then every other rate either one lists. The cheaper figure in each row is highlighted.
The same work, priced
For 10M input and 2M output tokens, MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 1.4 times as much as Claude Haiku 5.5, at each provider's listed rates.
10M input and 2M output tokens
MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 1.4× as much
- Claude Haiku 5.5
- $2
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- $2.70
The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached
MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 1.3× as much
- Claude Haiku 5.5
- $1.19
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- $1.49
| Workload or rate | Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Example workloads | ||
| 10M input and 2M output tokens | $2 (better) | $2.70 |
| The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached | $1.19 (better) | $1.49 |
| The same, through the batch API | $1 | Not listed |
| Other listed rates | ||
| 1M input tokens, cached | $0.01 (better) | $0.015 |
| 1M input tokens, 5-minute cache write | $0.125 | Not listed |
| 1M input tokens, 1-hour cache write | $0.20 | Not listed |
| 1M input tokens, batch | $0.05 | Not listed |
| 1M output tokens, batch | $0.25 | Not listed |
| 1M input tokens, prompts over 100K tokens | $0.50 | Not listed |
| 1M output tokens, prompts over 100K tokens | $2.50 | Not listed |
Your own bill will differ. These figures use list prices and example workloads. The AI Model Cost Audit reviews your real usage, shortlists models that score as well for each task for less, and estimates the savings.
Launch price $100, regular price $150
Verdict
When to choose each
Claude Haiku 5.5
Where it leads
- Lower input and output prices, $0.10 and $0.50 vs $0.15 and $0.60 per 1M tokens
- Higher Arena WebDev score, 1589 Elo vs 1582 Elo
- Cheaper cached input, $0.01 vs $0.015 per 1M tokens
- Batch pricing, $0.05 input and $0.25 output per 1M tokens
Best for
- High-volume classification, extraction and routing under the 100,000-token line
- Cost-sensitive fan-out steps where a frontier model is overkill
Watch out for
- Priced by prompt length, and it is a cliff rather than a taper: a request whose prompt passes 100,000 tokens is billed at $0.50 input and $2.50 output for the whole request, five times the short rate
- Cache reads and cache writes both count toward that 100,000-token measurement, so a large cached prefix can tip a request into the higher band on its own
- It is the only current Claude model whose 1M window is not priced uniformly; every other 4.6-and-later model bills a 900k request at the same rate as a 9k one
MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Where it leads
- Accepts video input
- Open weights you can run yourself
Best for
- Low-cost coding and agent loops
- Long-context multimodal work on a budget
Watch out for
- Thinking cannot be turned off; effort runs from low to max, and max is the default
- MiniMax gives two parameter counts (about 428B in the model card, 220B in the file metadata)
From benchmark to production
Building on Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Public scores rarely hold on your own data. We test both models on your real tasks, then build the agent or pipeline around the one that wins.
AI Model Cost AuditLaunch price $100, regular price $150What the audit includes
FAQ
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash FAQ
Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is 33% cheaper per 1M input tokens than MiniMax M3.1 Flash, $0.10 vs $0.15. For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $2 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash $2.70 at standard rates.
Which is cheaper with prompt caching, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Claude Haiku 5.5 charges $0.01 per 1M cached input tokens, 90% below its standard input rate, and MiniMax M3.1 Flash $0.015, 90% below. With 9M of 10M input tokens cached and 2M output tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $1.19 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash $1.49.
Which scores higher on independent benchmarks, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads on Arena WebDev, 1589 Elo to 1582 Elo. Scores are independent evaluations, not either vendor's launch figures.
Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Both accept 1,000,000 tokens of context.
How do Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash differ in features?
Claude Haiku 5.5 takes text and image input; MiniMax M3.1 Flash takes text, image and video.
Can I run Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash myself?
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is released as open weights you can run yourself; Claude Haiku 5.5 is available through its provider's API only.
Further reading
More on Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Articles on Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash
- Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Haiku 4.5: What Changes When You UpgradeOctober 14, 2026
- Claude Haiku 5.5: Real Cost, Benchmarks and When to Use ItOctober 14, 2026
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Production evaluation
Choosing between Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Public benchmarks narrow the shortlist. We run both on your own tasks, data and cost limits, then build the routing and review controls to run the winner in production.
- A head-to-head evaluation on your real workload
- Routing between models by cost and difficulty