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Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3

Claude Haiku 5.5 leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 70.7 to 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 2.4x less per output token ($0.50 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 45 benchmarks have a result for both.

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Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic
Coding
70.7
Overall
67.6
Output $/M
$0.50
40
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
5
vs boards won of 45 shared

Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 for coding: it scores 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 5 benchmarks against 6.

Pick MiniMax M3 for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or LiveBench data analysis, where it leads.

Model AClaude Haiku 5.5Anthropic70.7/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
45
Claude Haiku 5.5 only
20
MiniMax M3 only
72
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Claude Haiku 5.5 70.7 from 5 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 49.4 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveBench browser: Claude Haiku 5.5 80.0% against MiniMax M3 8.0%, 72.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.50 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
Context window
Claude Haiku 5.5 takes 1M tokens, MiniMax M3 1.05M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryClaude Haiku 5.5BarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding120
Intelligence20
Agentic work90
Reasoning41
Math20
Knowledge10
Web design70
General34
All shared boards405
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index120
Coding benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench coding91.4%70.9%Claude Haiku 5.5
LMArena WebDev15861482Claude Haiku 5.5
AA Coding IndexNot measured58.6Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured75.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)36.4%1.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)90.4%47.6%Claude Haiku 5.5
Code migration (Vals AI)44.6%19.9%Claude Haiku 5.5
ProgramBench (Vals AI)2.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
IOI (Vals AI)47.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured53.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)44.0%33.3%Claude Haiku 5.5
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)20.4%9.2%Claude Haiku 5.5
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)75.5%65.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
SciCode55.0%47.1%Claude Haiku 5.5
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured42.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
FrontierCode46.4%14.7%Claude Haiku 5.5
FrontierSWE43.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured640.0Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: codingNot measured1470Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: software and ITNot measured1466Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev: React16051478Claude Haiku 5.5
LMArena WebDev: HTML15691455Claude Haiku 5.5
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1470Only MiniMax M3 measured
SciCode9.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
SWE-Bench Pro V287.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence Index43.429.2Claude Haiku 5.5
Epoch Capabilities Index159.3146.9Claude Haiku 5.5
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Agentic work benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured29.5Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1200Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1169Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1158Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1159Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1120Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1178Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheetsNot measured1042Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench research81.9%68.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
LiveBench browser80.0%8.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
LiveBench long agentic57.6%12.4%Claude Haiku 5.5
SREBench (Vals AI)5.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)54.1%48.3%Claude Haiku 5.5
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)31.9%20.6%Claude Haiku 5.5
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)43.3%29.8%Claude Haiku 5.5
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)4.2%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)59.0%47.8%Claude Haiku 5.5
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)70.4%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)10.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
Vals Science Index38.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-Agents56.1%37.7%Claude Haiku 5.5
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$3,602$2,158Claude Haiku 5.5
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
Reasoning benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured92.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench reasoning82.4%74.5%Claude Haiku 5.5
MysteryMechanism (Vals AI)35.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured92.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)44.4%39.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)89.6%90.9%MiniMax M3
ARC-AGI89.0%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
ARC-AGI-261.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured45.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzles55.0%13.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
Mystery game puzzles30.0%8.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
EBR-bench43.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard promptsNot measured1447Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: expertNot measured1461Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts in EnglishNot measured1455Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1266Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1268Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIME98.9%71.1%Claude Haiku 5.5
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 375.1%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
FrontierMath, tier 446.3%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
ProofBench89.0%18.0%Claude Haiku 5.5
LMArena Text: mathNot measured1429Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: mathematical workNot measured1448Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Knowledge benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
MMLU ProNot measured84.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)51.5%46.3%Claude Haiku 5.5
SimpleQA Verified23.8%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
LMArena Text: scienceNot measured1452Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcareNot measured1441Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: legal and governmentNot measured1437Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: business and financeNot measured1434Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites12621257Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: UI components12831243Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: game dev13151210Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: data viz12971236Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: 3D13421208Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: all code categories12781246Claude Haiku 5.5
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1160Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1161Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench design83.1%66.2%Claude Haiku 5.5
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index34
General benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
Vals Index58.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
LiveBench data analysis53.1%76.2%MiniMax M3
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)63.2%64.1%MiniMax M3
SAGE (Vals AI)45.8%50.6%MiniMax M3
MedScribe (Vals AI)89.5%87.3%Claude Haiku 5.5
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured60.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
IFBenchNot measured82.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)82.7%83.0%MiniMax M3
DTBench95.0%78.9%Claude Haiku 5.5
LMCA51.1%33.7%Claude Haiku 5.5
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured55.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Furniture assembly47.5%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
LMArena TextNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: instruction followingNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: creative writingNot measured1404Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena VisionNot measured1251Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: EnglishNot measured1443Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: non-EnglishNot measured1420Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: ChineseNot measured1466Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: GermanNot measured1428Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1380Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: KoreanNot measured1373Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1444Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: SpanishNot measured1433Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: RussianNot measured1426Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1423Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turnNot measured1443Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: longer queriesNot measured1446Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: writing and languageNot measured1419Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: entertainment and mediaNot measured1403Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1263Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1311Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1259Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1234Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1435Only MiniMax M3 measured
MultiChallenge67.7%Not measuredOnly Claude Haiku 5.5 measured
EQ-Bench 4Not measured1150Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkClaude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5$0.0003Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5$0.0065Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5$0.025Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3
SpecificationAnthropic Claude Haiku 5.5MiniMax M3
MakerAnthropicMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedOctober 7, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.10$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.50$1.20
Coding index70.739.2
Independent measurements behind it56
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 for coding: it scores 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 5 benchmarks against 6. Pick MiniMax M3 for a larger context window (1.05M against 1M tokens) and work measured by GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) or LiveBench data analysis, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3?

Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M3 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

45 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Haiku 5.5's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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