Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4 vs MiniMax M1 40K

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, SWE-Bench Verified, TAU-bench Retail), while MiniMax M1 40K is better at 1 benchmark (TAU-bench Airline).

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input tokens$15.00
Output tokens$75.00
Best providerAnthropic
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4 specifies output context (32,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M1 40K does not.

Claude Opus 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniMax M1 40K

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniMax M1 40K uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniMax M1 40K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while MiniMax M1 40K was released on 2025-06-16.

MiniMax M1 40K is 1 month newer than Claude Opus 4.

Claude Opus 4

May 22, 2025

11 months ago

MiniMax M1 40K

Jun 16, 2025

10 months ago

3w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

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No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (75.5% vs 74.6%)
Higher GPQA score (79.6% vs 69.2%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (72.5% vs 55.6%)
Higher TAU-bench Retail score (81.4% vs 67.8%)
MiniMax
Has open weights
Higher TAU-bench Airline score (60.0% vs 59.6%)
AnthropicClaude Opus 4
MiniMaxMiniMax M1 40K
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Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4 vs MiniMax M1 40K

Claude Opus 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 is made by Anthropic and MiniMax M1 40K is made by MiniMax. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Opus 4 scores MMMLU: 88.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.4%, GPQA: 79.6%, MMMU (validation): 76.5%, AIME 2025: 75.5%. MiniMax M1 40K scores MATH-500: 96.0%, AIME 2024: 83.3%, MMLU-Pro: 80.6%, ZebraLogic: 80.1%, OpenAI-MRCR: 2 needle 128k: 76.1%.
Claude Opus 4 supports 200K tokens and MiniMax M1 40K supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Opus 4 is developed by Anthropic and MiniMax M1 40K is developed by MiniMax.