Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs MiniMax M3
Cuál usar y cuándo
minimax-m3 genera texto por menos, admite vídeo y ofrece un límite de salida mucho mayor. Elija claude-sonnet-5-5 si las salidas estructuradas son indispensables; esa función no figura para minimax-m3.
Precios
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrada / 1M tokens | $2 | $0.3 | 6.7× |
| Salida / 1M tokens | $10 | $1.2 | 8.3× |
| Lectura de caché / 1M tokens | $0.1 | $0.06 | 1.7× |
| 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 Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uso de herramientas | sí | sí |
| Control del razonamiento | siempre activo | 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 Sonnet 5.5 | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Modalidades de entrada | texto imagen | texto imagen vídeo |
| Modalidades de salida | texto | texto |
| Lanzamiento | 2026-09-28 | 2026-06-01 |
| Corte de conocimiento | 2026-06 | - |
| Ventana de contexto | 1M | 1M |
| Salida máxima | 128K | 524K |
| Parámetro de razonamiento | thinking.type |
|
| Valores aceptados | thinking.type
| thinking.type
reasoning_split
|
| Valor por defecto | adaptive, effort high | 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 Sonnet 5.5 · MiniMax M3
Un mismo prompt en los dos modelos, medido a través de la pasarela
Claude Sonnet 5.5 superado · 3 sentences
Enabling reasoning makes the model "think" before it answers, and that internal thinking is generated as extra text (reasoning tokens) that we are billed for at the same rate as output tokens, even though users never see it. Output tokens also cost several times more than input tokens, so a single request that used to produce a short answer can now generate many times more billable text behind the scenes. Because our request volume and prompts didn't change, the doubling comes almost entirely from this hidden thinking, and we can bring it down by limiting reasoning effort, turning it off for simple tasks, and reserving it for the workloads where the accuracy gain justifies the cost.
salida 205 tok latencia 3.6 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 Sonnet 5.5 superado · 8/8 cases
**The bug:** `cur` counts the number of *adjacent equal pairs* rather than the number of items in the run. A run of length k contains only k−1 such pairs, so every result is one too small. The counter also starts at 0 and the loop starts at index 1, so a single-element list never updates `best` and returns 0 instead of 1. (An empty list should return 0.) In addition, `cur` resets to 0 on a mismatch, when it should reset to 1, because the item at `xs[i]` begins a new run of length 1. The claim that it "misses runs ending at the last index" is really the same off-by-one: the final run is counted, but as one less than its true length. Because `best` is updated inside the loop on every extension, the last run isn't skipped. […]
salida 444 tok latencia 6.7 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 Sonnet 5.5 superado · 5/5 fields, guidance null
Here is the extracted JSON: ```json { "company": "Meridian Robotics", "quarter": "September quarter", "revenue_usd_m": 412, "growth_pct": 11, "guidance": null } ``` Notes on the choices: - **quarter**: The text says "September quarter" without specifying a fiscal year or Q-number, so I kept the wording as stated. - **revenue_usd_m**: The text gives "412" for the topline, with no currency or unit stated explicitly. I've taken it as 412 million USD per the field definition, but the text does not confirm that, and the figure is constant-currency. - **growth_pct**: "Eleven and change" means slightly above 11, so 11 is an approximation. The exact figure isn't given. - **guidance**: Guidance is withheld pending the Q4 close, so no guidance is stated, hence null.
salida 300 tok latencia 3.5 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 Sonnet 5.5 superado · 122 words, 0 banned, 1 question
**Introducing Cross-Provider Prompt Caching** Your API gateway now caches prompts across every connected LLM provider, whether you route traffic to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or a self-hosted model. Here's how it works: the gateway fingerprints each prompt prefix, stores it centrally, and applies the right provider-specific caching mechanism automatically. When you switch providers or fail over during an outage, your cached context follows you. Early testing shows input token costs dropping by up to 70% on repeated system prompts and long documents, with latency improvements of 40% or more on cache hits. Tired of paying to send the same instructions thousands of times a day? Enable it with one configuration flag. Cache rules, TTLs, and per-team isolation are available in the dashboard today.
salida 266 tok latencia 3.8 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-sonnet-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-sonnet-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-sonnet-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-sonnet-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-sonnet-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 Sonnet 5.5 o MiniMax M3?
MiniMax M3 es más barato en Entrada / 1M tokens ($0.3 frente a $2, una diferencia de 6.7×). 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 Sonnet 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 Sonnet 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.