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Claude Opus 4.7 vs MiniMax M3

Claude Opus 4.7 (2026) and MiniMax M3 (2026) are frontier-tier reasoning models from Anthropic and MiniMax. Claude Opus 4.7 ships a 1m-token context window, while MiniMax M3 ships a 1m-token context window. On SWE-bench Verified, Claude Opus 4.7 leads by 7.1 pts. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

MiniMax M3 is safer overall; choose Claude Opus 4.7 when coding workflow support matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalClaude Opus 4.7MiniMax M3
Best forreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agentsreasoning-heavy apps, multimodal apps, and tool-calling agents
Decision fitCoding, RAG, and AgentsCoding, RAG, and Agents
Context window1m1m
Cheapest output$25/1M tokens$1.20/1M tokens
Provider routes6 tracked2 tracked
Shared benchmarksSWE-bench Verified leader6 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Claude Opus 4.7 when...
  • Claude Opus 4.7 holds a shared-benchmark lead on SWE-bench Verified, ahead by 7.1 points.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Local decision data tags Claude Opus 4.7 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
Choose MiniMax M3 when...
  • MiniMax M3 holds a shared-benchmark lead on BrowseComp, ahead by 4.2 points.
  • MiniMax M3 has the lower cheapest tracked output price at $1.20/1M tokens.
  • Local decision data tags MiniMax M3 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Lower estimate MiniMax M3

Claude Opus 4.7

$10,250

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Anthropic

MiniMax M3

$540

Cheapest tracked route/tier: MiniMax <=512K input tokens (standard)

Estimated monthly gap: $9,710. Batch, cache, alternate speed tiers, and negotiated pricing are excluded from this local estimate.

Switch friction

Claude Opus 4.7 -> MiniMax M3
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • MiniMax M3 is $23.80/1M tokens lower on cheapest tracked output pricing before cache, batch, or negotiated discounts.
MiniMax M3 -> Claude Opus 4.7
  • Provider overlap exists on OpenRouter; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Claude Opus 4.7 is $23.80/1M tokens higher on cheapest tracked output pricing, so quality gains need to justify the spend.

Specs

Specification
Released2026-04-162026-06-01
Context window1m1m
Parameters——
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseProprietaryMiniMax Community License
OpennessProprietaryOpen weights
WeightsNot releasedAvailable
CodeUnknownAvailable·MITOSI-approved
Commercial useCommercial use: conditionalCommercial use: conditional
Knowledge cutoff2026-01-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeClaude Opus 4.7MiniMax M3
Input price$5/1M tokens
<=512K input tokens (standard)
$0.30/1M tokens
Permanent standard-tier price for <=512K input tokens; cache_read stores this tier's $0.06/M cache-read price.
>512K input tokens
$0.60/1M tokens
Long-context tier for inputs above 512K; cache-read price is $0.12/M per MiniMax pricing docs.
Output price$25/1M tokens
<=512K input tokens (standard)
$1.20/1M tokens
Permanent standard-tier price for <=512K input tokens; cache_read stores this tier's $0.06/M cache-read price.
>512K input tokens
$2.40/1M tokens
Long-context tier for inputs above 512K; cache-read price is $0.12/M per MiniMax pricing docs.
Providers
AnthropicAWS BedrockGCP Vertex AIMicrosoft FoundryOpenRouterVercel AI Gateway
MiniMaxOpenRouter

Capabilities

CapabilityClaude Opus 4.7MiniMax M3
VisionYesYes
MultimodalYesYes
ReasoningYesYes
JSON / Tool useYesYes
Structured outputsYesYes
Code executionYesYes
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.7MiniMax M3
SWE-bench Verified87.680.5
SWE-bench Pro64.359.0
Google-Proof Q&A94.292.9
BrowseComp79.383.5
Terminal-Bench 2.069.466.0
MCP-Atlas77.374.2

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Last reviewed: 2026-07-26. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.