Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview
A direct, empirical evaluation of Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic) against MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview (MiniMax).
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Developed by Anthropic · Proprietary Frontier Dynamic Hybrid Reasoner parameters
Terminal-Bench 4.0 execution (70.6%), SWE-bench Verified coding (82.4%), GitHub Copilot multi-file edits, and low-latency autonomous agentic coding at $2/$10 pricing.
MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview
Developed by MiniMax · Proprietary Sparse Coding MoE parameters
Low-latency interactive IDE code completions at 165 tokens/sec, SWE-bench Verified bug fixes (73.8%), terminal automation, and budget-optimized pull request reviews.
| Metric | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3.1-Flash-Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 82.4% | 73.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 88.4% | 81.2% |
| MATH-500 | 95.2% | 92.4% |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input Pricing (per 1M) | $2.00 | $0.10 |
| Output Pricing (per 1M) | $10.00 | $0.40 |