Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, MiniMax: MiniMax M3 ranks #4 overall — ahead of OpenAI: GPT-5.5 at #14. MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is cheaper on input tokens at $0.30/1M vs $5/1M for OpenAI: GPT-5.5. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 offers the larger context window at 1.1M tokens.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | minimax | openai |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.30 | $5 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $1.20 | $30 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.1M |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | file, image, text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | 44.4 | 54.8 |
| AA Coding | — | 74.9 |
| AA Agentic | 35.4 | 44.9 |
| Released | May 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #4 | #14 |
| Memory Extraction | #3 | — |
| Multi-step Planning | #2 | #7 |
| Tool Dispatch | #2 | — |
| Web Search | #3 | — |
| Agent Workflows | #1 | #9 |
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.
| Classification & Tagging |
| #4 |
| — |
| Debugging | #2 | — |
| DevOps Config | #2 | — |
| File Read/Write | #2 | — |
| Frontend UI | #2 | #5 |
| Code Implementation | #2 | — |
| Repo Analysis | #2 | — |
| Code Review & Security | #1 | #7 |
| Shell Execution | #2 | — |
