Claude Opus 4 vs MiniMax M1 80K Comparison

Comparing Claude Opus 4 and MiniMax M1 80K across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4 outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, SWE-Bench Verified, TAU-bench Retail), while MiniMax M1 80K is better at 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, TAU-bench Airline).

Claude Opus 4 has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

MiniMax M1 80K costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 27.3x more expensive than MiniMax M1 80K ($0.55/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 34.1x more expensive than MiniMax M1 80K ($2.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4 is more expensive than MiniMax M1 80K.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Opus 4

Input tokens$15.00

Output tokens$75.00

Best providerAnthropic

MiniMax M1 80K

Input tokens$0.55

Output tokens$2.20

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

MiniMax M1 80K accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Claude Opus 4's 200,000 tokens. MiniMax M1 80K can generate longer responses up to 40,000 tokens, while Claude Opus 4 is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Claude Opus 4

Input200,000 tokens

Output32,000 tokens

MiniMax M1 80K

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output40,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M1 80K 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 80K

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniMax M1 80K 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 80K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while MiniMax M1 80K was released on 2025-06-16.

MiniMax M1 80K is 1 month newer than Claude Opus 4.

Claude Opus 4

May 22, 2025

9 months ago

MiniMax M1 80K

Jun 16, 2025

9 months ago

3w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude Opus 4 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. MiniMax M1 80K is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.