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GPT-5 Nano vs MiniMax M1

GPT-5 Nano leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13.0 to 11.7, and GPT-5 Nano costs 5.5x less per output token ($0.40 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-5 Nano Replace MiniMax M1
GPT-5 NanoOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
35.6
Output $/M
$0.40
5
MiniMax M1MiniMax
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.20
23
vs boards won of 28 shared

GPT-5 Nano or MiniMax M1: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-5 Nano for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($0.40 vs $2.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AGPT-5 NanoOpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$0.109 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M1MiniMaxNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
28
GPT-5 Nano only
60
MiniMax M1 only
1
Like-for-like categories
6 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
GPT-5 Nano not benchmarked, MiniMax M1 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 6.7 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: creative writing: GPT-5 Nano 1249 against MiniMax M1 1297, 8.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-5 Nano $0.40 against MiniMax M1 $2.20 per million output tokens, 5.5x apart.
Context window
GPT-5 Nano takes 400K tokens, MiniMax M1 1M.

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
CategoryGPT-5 NanoBarsMiniMax M1Ties
Coding02
Intelligence10
Reasoning12
Math02
Knowledge04
General313
All shared boards523
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
SWE-bench Verified34.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)70.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)78.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)17.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Terminal-Bench21.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
WeirdML38.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text: coding13511359MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: software and IT13451359MiniMax M1
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
AA Intelligence Index13.011.7GPT-5 Nano
Epoch Capabilities Index139.2Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom36.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)51.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
GPQA Diamond63.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)70.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)67.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)9.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)69.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
ARC-AGI20.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
ARC-AGI-22.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Chess puzzles22.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Mystery game puzzles9.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
VPCT37.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13281339MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: expert13211317GPT-5 Nano
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13381353MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision: diagrams1141Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Vision: homework1157Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
AIME81.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)93.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MGSM (Vals AI)89.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
AA Math Index83.7Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)83.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
OTIS Mock AIME81.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 320.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
FrontierMath, tier 42.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
ProofBench12.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MATH level 595.2%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text: math13171361MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: mathematical work13261363MiniMax M1
MathArena12.8%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
MMLU Pro76.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)50.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)52.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)67.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)53.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MedQA (Vals AI)93.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MedCode (Vals AI)30.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)78.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
SimpleQA Verified11.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text: science13181354MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13351355MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: legal and government12981337MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: business and finance13111319MiniMax M1
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
Design Arena: websites1101Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Design Arena: UI components1064Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Design Arena: game dev1044Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Design Arena: data viz1056Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Design Arena: 3D965Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Design Arena: all code categories1084Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index313
General benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)30.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)72.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
IFBench67.6%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)45.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
DTBench62.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMCA7.9%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text13201343MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: instruction following13061312MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: creative writing12491297MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1159Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Text: English13211363MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: non-English13131319MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: Chinese13561360MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: German13271350MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: Japanese12271217GPT-5 Nano
LMArena Text: Korean12691266GPT-5 Nano
LMArena Text: FrenchNot measured1370Only MiniMax M1 measured
LMArena Text: Spanish13601353GPT-5 Nano
LMArena Text: Russian12961329MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: Polish13141329MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: multi-turn13111335MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: longer queries13121326MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: writing and language12831311MiniMax M1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12681303MiniMax M1
LMArena Vision: English1170Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1176Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1152Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
LMArena Vision: humor1110Not measuredOnly GPT-5 Nano measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
BenchmarkGPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1Leader
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

GPT-5 Nano$0.0003Fits in one request
MiniMax M1$0.0015Fits in one request

GPT-5 Nano costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-5 Nano$0.0037Fits in one request
MiniMax M1$0.027Fits in one request

GPT-5 Nano costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-5 Nano$0.014Fits in one request
MiniMax M1$0.102Fits in one request

GPT-5 Nano 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 GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax M1
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-5 NanoMiniMax M1
MakerOpenAIMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedAugust 7, 2025June 17, 2025
Context window400K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.05$0.40
Output $/Mtok$0.40$2.20
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$0.109Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-5 Nano better than MiniMax M1 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-5 Nano for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($0.40 vs $2.20 per million) and work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Nano or MiniMax M1?

GPT-5 Nano costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 and $2.20. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5 Nano only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-5 Nano or MiniMax M1?

MiniMax M1, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-5 Nano vs MiniMax M1 comparison based on?

28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GPT-5 Nano's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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