Claude 3 Haiku vs MiniMax-M2.1.
model vs model · prices as of
MiniMax-M2.1 takes 3 of 5 rounds against Claude 3 Haiku. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.91 per million tokens against $2.
AnthropicClaude 3 Haiku
$2/M tokens
Anthropic list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.225 per 1,000 pages
200k context · tool calling · reads images
MiniMaxwins 3 roundsMiniMax-M2.1
$1.91/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.228 per 1,000 pages
205k context · tool calling · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.25/M
$0.30/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.25/M
$1.20/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$1.91/M at LLM Gateway
Standard price (lower wins)
$2/M
$2.10/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.225
$0.228
Context
200k tokens
205k tokens
Open weights
not stated
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
no
not stated
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
13 Mar 2024
23 Dec 2025
Providers selling it
7
24
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 4
Kilo Gateway$2 / $2.10
Nous Portal$2 / $2.10
OpenRouter$2 / $2.10
Vercel AI Gateway$2 / $2.10
Claude 3 Haiku then MiniMax-M2.1, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Claude 3 HaikuNous Portal$0.20 / $1 $0.25 / $1.2525% dearer ·
- MiniMax-M2.1Nous Portal$0.24 / $0.96 $0.30 / $1.2025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Claude 3 Haiku or MiniMax-M2.1?
- MiniMax-M2.1, at $1.91 per million tokens against $2 for Claude 3 Haiku, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Claude 3 Haiku: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $2 is the number to beat. MiniMax-M2.1: $1.91 at LLM Gateway.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- MiniMax-M2.1, at 205k tokens against 200k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.