Model Comparison

Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M1 40KWhich is better in 2026?

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M1 40K — which is better?

Claude Opus 4.6 (by Anthropic) and MiniMax M1 40K (by MiniMax) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-Bench Verified), while MiniMax M1 40K is better at 0 benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Claude Opus 4.6 if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2026

Choose MiniMax M1 40K if…

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, SWE-Bench Verified), while MiniMax M1 40K is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.6 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M1 40K does not.

Claude Opus 4.6 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniMax M1 40K

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.6 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 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniMax M1 40K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.6 was released on 2026-02-05, while MiniMax M1 40K was released on 2025-06-16.

Claude Opus 4.6 is 8 months newer than MiniMax M1 40K.

Claude Opus 4.6

Feb 5, 2026

5 months ago

7mo newer
MiniMax M1 40K

Jun 16, 2025

1.1 years ago

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

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (99.8% vs 74.6%)
Higher GPQA score (91.3% vs 69.2%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (53.1% vs 7.2%)
Higher SWE-Bench Verified score (80.8% vs 55.6%)
MiniMax
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

Interactive Arena

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniMax M1 40K side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 4.6
✓ Preferred
MiniMax M1 40K
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Feature
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 40K

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M1 40K.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.6 or MiniMax M1 40K?

Claude Opus 4.6 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Opus 4.6 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.

How does Claude Opus 4.6 compare to MiniMax M1 40K in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.6 scores Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, AIME 2025: 99.8%, Tau2 Telecom: 99.3%, Graphwalks parents >128k: 95.4%, Tau2 Retail: 91.9%. 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%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniMax M1 40K?

Claude Opus 4.6 supports 1.0M 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.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniMax M1 40K?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 4.6 and MiniMax M1 40K?

Claude Opus 4.6 is developed by Anthropic and MiniMax M1 40K is developed by MiniMax.

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