MiniMax M3 vs Mistral Large 3 2512
MiniMaxMistral AIboth via one key, provider price + 3%
Spec vs spec
| Spec | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M | 262K |
| Max output | 512K | — |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | text, image, file |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Released | May 31, 2026 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Reasoning | optional | — |
Pricing
Per 1M tokens. Provider price plus the flat 3% fee — the sum is what you pay.
minimax/minimax-m3
Input · 1M tokens
$0.300 + 3%$0.309
Output · 1M tokens
$1.20 + 3%$1.24
Cache read · 1M tokens
$0.060 + 3%$0.062
FEE — FLAT, EVERY MODEL3%
mistralai/mistral-large-2512
Input · 1M tokens
$0.500 + 3%$0.515
Output · 1M tokens
$1.50 + 3%$1.54
Cache read · 1M tokens
$0.050 + 3%$0.052
FEE — FLAT, EVERY MODEL3%
One workload, priced on both
10M input + 2M output tokens at each model's price, flat 3% fee included.
minimax/minimax-m3Cheaper
$5.56
$5.40 provider + 3%
mistralai/mistral-large-2512
$8.24
$8.00 provider + 3%
Benchmarks
Design Arena categories where both models have results. Higher Elo and lower rank win.
| MiniMax M3 | Mistral Large 3 2512 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Elo | Rank | Elo | Rank |
| 3D | 1306 | #16 | 1176 | #51 |
| ASCII art | 1219 | #15 | 1115 | #43 |
| Code | 1306 | #13 | 1191 | #56 |
| Data viz | 1295 | #11 | 1180 | #55 |
| Game dev | 1287 | #20 | 1146 | #65 |
| SVG | 1250 | #13 | 1050 | #62 |
| UI components | 1291 | #18 | 1157 | #59 |
| Websites | 1304 | #11 | 1205 | #53 |
Head-to-head preference voting. How we filter and rank