GPT-5.6 Sol vs MiniMax M3

MiniMax M3 leads in 1 of 8 categories

Arena ELO

Tie

Cheaper

Tie

Faster

Tie

Detailed Comparison

Category	GPT-5.6 Sol	MiniMax M3
Provider	OpenAI	MiniMax
Context Window	128K	1M WIN
Input Price ($/1M)	N/A	N/A
Output Price ($/1M)	N/A	N/A
Arena ELO	N/A	N/A
Coding	N/A	N/A
Reasoning	N/A	N/A
Speed (tokens/sec)	N/A	N/A
Open Source	No	Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

Which has a larger context window?

GPT-5.6 Sol supports 128K context, while MiniMax M3 supports 1M.

Is GPT-5.6 Sol or MiniMax M3 open source?

GPT-5.6 Sol is proprietary. MiniMax M3 is open source.

Related Articles

oMLX 0.4.5.dev1 speeds up GLM-5.2 and MiniMax M3

OpenAI narrows GPT-5.6 rollout after U.S. request

MiniMax’s lockup expiry is a stress test, not a red flag

GPT-5.6 rumors point to 2M context and coding gains

Deploy MiniMax M3 with vLLM OpenAI API

Run MiniMax M3 locally in Unsloth Studio

More Comparisons

GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Opus 4.5 GPT-5.6 Sol vs Llama 4 Scout GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Haiku 4.5 GPT-5.6 Sol vs GLM-5.2 GPT-5.6 Sol vs Qwen 3.6 GPT-5.6 Sol vs Claude Fable 5 GPT-5.6 Sol vs Kimi K2.7 Code MiniMax M3 vs Claude Opus 4.5 MiniMax M3 vs Llama 4 Scout MiniMax M3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.6 MiniMax M3 vs Claude Haiku 4.5 MiniMax M3 vs GLM-5.2 MiniMax M3 vs Qwen 3.6 MiniMax M3 vs Claude Fable 5 MiniMax M3 vs Kimi K2.7 Code