Claude Fable 5 vs MiniMax-M3: Benchmarks, Pricing & Capabilities Compared
TL;DR — Claude Fable 5 wins for general use · MiniMax-M3 wins for cost.
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic
- Released
- 2026-06-09
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Input price
- $10.00 / Mtok
- Output price
- $50.00 / Mtok
MiniMax-M3 MiniMax
- Released
- 2026-06-01
- Context window
- 1M tokens
- Input price
- $0.30 / Mtok
- Output price
- $1.20 / Mtok
Benchmark comparison
| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 64.9 ✓ | 54.7 |
| Chatbot Arena Elo | 1510 ✓ | 1451 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.6% | 92.9% ✓ |
| HLE | 53.3% ✓ | 37.1% |
| IF-Bench | 63.5% | 82.9% ✓ |
| LiveCodeBench Reasoning | 70.0% | 74.0% ✓ |
| SciCode | 60.2% ✓ | 45.4% |
| TAU2-bench | 98.5% ✓ | 88.9% |
| TerminalBench-Hard | 62.9% ✓ | 42.4% |
Pricing comparison
| Metric | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input ($/Mtok) | $10.00 | $0.30 |
| Output ($/Mtok) | $50.00 | $1.20 |
| Cached input ($/Mtok) | — | — |
| Cost per 1M-token roundtrip (1M in + 1M out) | $60.00 | $1.50 |
Context window & modalities
| Attribute | Claude Fable 5 | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
| Input modalities | text, image | text, image, video |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — |
Verdict by use case
Coding
Insufficient data
Basis: SWE-bench
No shared coding benchmark.
Reasoning
→ MiniMax-M3
Basis: GPQA Diamond
Claude Fable 5 92.6% vs MiniMax-M3 92.9% on GPQA Diamond.
Math
Insufficient data
Basis: MATH / AIME
No shared math benchmark.
Long context
Tie
Basis: Context window
Claude Fable 5 1M tokens vs MiniMax-M3 1M tokens.
Cost
→ MiniMax-M3
Basis: Input $/Mtok
Claude Fable 5 $10/Mtok vs MiniMax-M3 $0.3/Mtok input.
Changelog & releases
Claude Fable 5
Released 2026-06-09
MiniMax-M3
Released 2026-06-01