Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3
Cuál usar y cuándo
Hasta 100000 tokens de entrada, claude-haiku-5-5 cuesta menos en entrada y salida. Por encima de 100000 tokens de entrada, minimax-m3 resulta más barato en ambas; también admite vídeo y respuestas mucho más largas.
Precios
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrada / 1M tokens | $0.1 | $0.3 | 0.33× |
| Salida / 1M tokens | $0.5 | $1.2 | 0.42× |
| Lectura de caché / 1M tokens | $0.01 | $0.06 | 0.17× |
| Escritura en caché | 1.25x (5m) / 2x (1h) | sin cargo aparte | - |
Tarifas tomadas del catálogo en vivo al generar el sitio; la página de cada modelo tiene la ficha de precios actualizada.
Dónde queda cada uno: precio de entrada por 1M de tokens entre los 80 modelos de chat que se facturan en esta unidad (escala logarítmica)
Capacidades
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uso de herramientas | sí | sí |
| Control del razonamiento | configurable | configurable |
| Salida estructurada | sí | - |
| Caché de prompts | explícito (tú marcas el prefijo) | implícito (automático) |
| Duración de la caché | 5m default, 1h option | no publicado |
| Prefijo mínimo en caché | 512 tokens | 512 tokens |
Especificaciones
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Modalidades de entrada | texto imagen | texto imagen vídeo |
| Modalidades de salida | texto | texto |
| Lanzamiento | 2026-10-07 | 2026-06-01 |
| Corte de conocimiento | 2026-06 | - |
| Ventana de contexto | 1M | 1M |
| Salida máxima | 128K | 524K |
| Parámetro de razonamiento | output_config.effort |
|
| Valores aceptados | output_config.effort
| thinking.type
reasoning_split
|
| Valor por defecto | medium | adaptive: thinking on, with the model deciding when extra reasoning helps |
Las especificaciones se transcriben de la documentación de cada proveedor; si un proveedor no publica un dato, la fila se omite en vez de deducirlo. Fuentes completas: Claude Haiku 5.5 · MiniMax M3
Un mismo prompt en los dos modelos, medido a través de la pasarela
Claude Haiku 5.5 superado · 3 sentences
Enabling reasoning makes the model generate a long internal chain of thought before its answer, and those thinking tokens are billed as output tokens, which cost several times more than input tokens. The model often produces many times more output per request than it did without reasoning, so the per-call cost rises even when the visible answer looks about the same length. Because that extra spend scales with every request, the bill roughly doubled, and we can control it by setting reasoning budgets, using reasoning only for tasks that need it, or routing simpler requests to a non-reasoning model.
salida 332 tok (+159 razonamiento) latencia 2.9 s
MiniMax M3 superado · 3 sentences
Reasoning models don't just answer — they first generate extensive internal "thinking" tokens to work through the problem step-by-step, and you're billed for all of those tokens even though users never see them. A query that previously cost ~200 tokens may now cost 2,000–10,000 once reasoning is enabled, multiplying per-query spend by roughly 5–50x while the visible output stayed the same size — that's the doubling. The lever is tuning: cap reasoning effort on simple queries, cache the reasoning traces, and reserve the full reasoning model for only your hardest 10–20% of requests, which typically restores 60–80% of the savings.
salida 764 tok (+629 razonamiento) latencia 3.5 s
Cumplimiento de la instrucción (exactamente tres frases, se pueden contar), adaptación al público (registro de CFO) y la diferencia de facturación por razonamiento oculto que dejan ver los contadores de tokens de abajo.
Claude Haiku 5.5 superado · 8/8 cases
```python def longest_run(xs): if not xs: return 0 best = cur = 1 for i in range(1, len(xs)): if xs[i] == xs[i - 1]: cur += 1 else: cur = 1 best = max(best, cur) return best ``` The bug is that `cur` counts adjacent equal *pairs*, not run *elements*. A run of k equal items produces k−1 matching pairs, so the function returns one less than the true length, and a single-element input produces no pairs at all, so it returns 0 instead of 1. Resetting `cur` to 0 on a mismatch compounds this by starting every run one step behind. The fix starts both `cur` and `best` at 1 (a non-empty list always has a run of at least one element), resets `cur` to 1 on a mismatch, and updates `best` after every element rather than only inside the equal-branch. The empty-list guard keeps the function from returning 1 for `[]`. […]
salida 1012 tok (+591 razonamiento) latencia 6.0 s
MiniMax M3 superado · 8/8 cases
The bug is that the loop starts at index 1 and treats `cur` as the number of *equal transitions* rather than the run length, so a run of *k* consecutive equal items is reported as `k − 1`, and a single-element list (where the loop body never executes) returns 0 instead of 1. A correct version tracks the actual run length by seeding `cur = 1` and resetting it to 1 (not 0) on a mismatch: ```python def longest_run(xs): if not xs: return 0 best = cur = 1 for i in range(1, len(xs)): if xs[i] == xs[i - 1]: cur += 1 else: cur = 1 if cur > best: best = cur return best ``` Now `[5]` returns `1`, `[1,1,1]` returns `3`, and a run like `[1,2,2,2]` that ends at the last index is correctly captured as `3` because `cur` is updated before `best` is compared on every iteration, including the final one.
salida 845 tok (+596 razonamiento) latencia 3.5 s
Si la corrección funciona de verdad (se puede ejecutar), lo densa que es la explicación y la eficiencia en tokens en una tarea acotada.
Claude Haiku 5.5 superado · 5/5 fields, guidance "Formal guidance withheld pending the Q4 "
```json { "company": "Meridian Robotics", "quarter": "September quarter", "revenue_usd_m": null, "growth_pct": 11, "guidance": "Formal guidance withheld pending the Q4 close" } ``` Notes: The text gives revenue as 412 but doesn't state the currency, so I left `revenue_usd_m` as null. Growth is "eleven and change," so 11 is an approximation.
salida 725 tok (+572 razonamiento) latencia 4.6 s
MiniMax M3 superado · 5/5 fields, guidance null
```json { "company": null, "quarter": "Q3", "revenue_usd_m": 412, "growth_pct": null, "guidance": null } ```
salida 1002 tok (+955 razonamiento) latencia 3.6 s
Respeto del esquema (sin campos inventados), tentación de alucinar (la guidance se omite a propósito) y diferencias entre las vías de salida estructurada.
Claude Haiku 5.5 superado · 120 words, 0 banned, 1 question
**Introducing Prompt Cache Sync, the newest feature in GatewayOne.** Teams routing requests across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have often paid to process the same long system prompts again and again. Now the gateway stores those prompts once and reuses them wherever they appear, regardless of provider. Repeated context is matched by content hash, so cached prefixes return faster and cost less, with no changes to your application code. How much could this save your team? Enable Prompt Cache Sync from the dashboard, and your next billing report will show the difference. Cache entries follow your existing retention settings and can be purged per project at any time. Availability begins this week for all Scale and Enterprise plans worldwide. Start today.
salida 2164 tok (+1929 razonamiento) latencia 9.9 s
MiniMax M3 superado · 121 words, 0 banned, 1 question
Introducing PromptCache, our intelligent caching layer for the API gateway. Tired of paying twice for identical requests? The feature stores prompt-response pairs across every connected provider, returning cached results instead of hitting costly endpoints. Deployment requires only a single configuration flag, and semantic similarity detection happens automatically. Latency drops up to 70% on repeated traffic while costs follow the same downward curve. Developers access detailed cache hit metrics, eviction logs, and provider breakdowns through the dashboard. Whether routing to OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models, every cached token saves time and money. The cache respects TTL policies, supports manual purging, and encrypts stored content. Available today for Pro and Enterprise tiers—enable PromptCache on existing endpoints and watch inference bills shrink immediately.
salida 2808 tok (+2656 razonamiento) latencia 6.0 s
Respeto de las restricciones (límite de palabras, lista de palabras prohibidas, una única pregunta), sello de estilo y control de la longitud.
Cambia de uno a otro con una sola línea
Los dos ids aparecen en todas las pestañas de abajo; lo único que cambia es el par de líneas resaltadas. El endpoint, la clave y la estructura de la solicitud son los mismos.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://synthorai.io/v1",
api_key="sk-syn-...",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-haiku-5-5",
# model="minimax-m3", # descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this diff"}],
reasoning_effort="medium",
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://synthorai.io/v1",
apiKey: "sk-syn-...",
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "claude-haiku-5-5",
// model: "minimax-m3", // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Summarize this diff" }],
reasoning_effort: "medium",
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);curl https://synthorai.io/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk-syn-..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
# "model": "minimax-m3", # descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
"reasoning_effort": "medium"
}'package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3"
"github.com/openai/openai-go/v3/option"
)
func main() {
client := openai.NewClient(
option.WithBaseURL("https://synthorai.io/v1"),
option.WithAPIKey("sk-syn-..."),
)
resp, _ := client.Chat.Completions.New(context.TODO(), openai.ChatCompletionNewParams{
Model: "claude-haiku-5-5",
// Model: "minimax-m3", // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessageParamUnion{
openai.UserMessage("Summarize this diff"),
},
ReasoningEffort: openai.ReasoningEffortMedium,
})
fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content)
}import com.openai.client.OpenAIClient;
import com.openai.client.okhttp.OpenAIOkHttpClient;
import com.openai.models.chat.completions.*;
import com.openai.models.ReasoningEffort;
OpenAIClient client = OpenAIOkHttpClient.builder()
.baseUrl("https://synthorai.io/v1")
.apiKey("sk-syn-...")
.build();
ChatCompletion resp = client.chat().completions().create(
ChatCompletionCreateParams.builder()
.model("claude-haiku-5-5")
// .model("minimax-m3") // descomenta esta línea, comenta la de arriba
.addUserMessage("Summarize this diff")
.reasoningEffort(ReasoningEffort.MEDIUM)
.build());
System.out.println(resp.choices().get(0).message().content().orElse(""));Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuál es más barato, Claude Haiku 5.5 o MiniMax M3?
Claude Haiku 5.5 es más barato en Entrada / 1M tokens ($0.1 frente a $0.3, una diferencia de 3.0×). En otras filas puede ser al revés: la tabla de arriba recoge todas las tarifas, y el coste real depende de tu combinación de uso.
¿Puedo hacer pruebas A/B de Claude Haiku 5.5 frente a MiniMax M3 sin dos integraciones?
Sí. Los dos se sirven desde el mismo endpoint compatible con OpenAI y con una sola clave API. Para cambiar de uno a otro basta con tocar una línea, el nombre del modelo, así que puedes mandar una parte del tráfico a cada uno y comparar directamente las facturas.
¿Admiten Claude Haiku 5.5 y MiniMax M3 caché de prompts?
Sí. Los dos cobran las lecturas de caché por debajo de su tarifa de entrada, así que las cargas de trabajo que reutilizan un prefijo ya cacheado cuestan menos de lo que sugieren los precios de lista. Las tarifas exactas de lectura de caché están en la tabla de precios de arriba.