In short
How they differ.
Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.
- MiniMax-M3 can be downloaded and run on your own machine; Claude Mythos 5.1 can't.
- No independent board we follow ranks both models yet.
Side by side
The specs.
| Claude Mythos 5.1 | MiniMax-M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic · US | MiniMax · China |
| Released | Sep 1, 2026 | Not stated |
| Price per 1M tokens | No public price | $0.30 in / $1.20 out |
| Context window | Not stated | 1M |
| Takes in | Not stated | text |
| Download and run it yourself | No | Yes (minimax-community (license tag shown on Hugging Face)) |
| Size | Not published | ~428B parameters, ~23B active |
| Maker says | “Our most capable model for cybersecurity and biology research.” | “MiniMax-M3 is a native multimodal model with 1M context.” |
| Sources | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description |
Independent tests
Where they place.
Position on each board we follow (1 is best). Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown; the other boards are linked for their own figures.
| Board | Claude Mythos 5.1 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (run by Vals AI, archived)Vals AI, Sep 1, 2026 | Not listed | #15 |
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