Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, MiniMax: MiniMax M3 ranks #4 overall — ahead of StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash at #10. StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash is cheaper on input tokens at $0.20/1M vs $0.30/1M for MiniMax: MiniMax M3. MiniMax: MiniMax M3 offers the larger context window at 1M tokens.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | minimax | stepfun |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.30 | $0.20 |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $1.20 | $1.15 |
| Context window | 1M | 256K |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | text, image, video |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | 44.4 | — |
| AA Coding | — | — |
| AA Agentic | 35.4 | — |
| Released | May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #4 | #10 |
| Memory Extraction | #3 | #4 |
| Multi-step Planning | #2 | — |
| Tool Dispatch | #2 | #8 |
| Web Search | #3 | — |
| Agent Workflows | #1 | — |
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.
| Classification & Tagging | #4 | — |
| Debugging | #2 | #6 |
| DevOps Config | #2 | #5 |
| File Read/Write | #2 | #8 |
| Frontend UI | #2 | #3 |
| Code Implementation | #2 | #6 |
| Repo Analysis | #2 | #8 |
| Code Review & Security | #1 | #9 |
| Shell Execution | #2 | #7 |
