Claude Sonnet 4 vs MiniMax M1 80K
Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Agents
Claude Sonnet 4 is the stronger all-rounder.MiniMax M1 80K is cheaper and better at agents.
Scores updated · 26 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Claude Sonnet 43 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude Sonnet 42 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked20Claude Sonnet 42 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up10Claude Sonnet 41 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Sonnet 41 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own01MiniMax M1 80K1 of 1 test
Agents and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
MiniMax M1 80K costs 85% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Sonnet 4 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+62.4points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+28.1points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+16.7points ahead
Where MiniMax M1 80K pulls ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+15points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 26 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Sonnet 4
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Sonnet 4 by 28.131.13+28.1
- SWE-bench VerifiedClaude Sonnet 4 by 16.772.756+16.7
- SciCodeClaude Sonnet 4 by 2.64037.4+2.6
ReasoningClaude Sonnet 4
- GPQA DiamondClaude Sonnet 4 by 877.769.7+8
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Sonnet 4 by 1.810.78.9+1.8
- CritPttie0.30tie
FactsClaude Sonnet 4
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Sonnet 4 by 62.470.98.5+62.4
- AA-Omniscience · Accuracytie22.722.5tie
Following instructionsClaude Sonnet 4
- IFBenchClaude Sonnet 4 by 12.954.741.8+12.9
- Multi-ChallengeClaude Sonnet 4 by 12.457.144.7+12.4
Other results14 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Sonnet 4 by 48.70.2-48.5+48.7
- AIME 2024MiniMax M1 80K by 42.643.486+42.6
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Sonnet 4 by 30.464.634.2+30.4
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Sonnet 4 by 23.137.614.5+23.1
- TAU-bench (retail)Claude Sonnet 4 by 1780.563.5+17
- ZebraLogicMiniMax M1 80K by 13.173.786.8+13.1
- AA Agentic IndexMiniMax M1 80K by 11.517.629.1+11.5
- AA IntelligenceClaude Sonnet 4 by 7.218.911.7+7.2
- AIME 2025MiniMax M1 80K by 6.470.576.9+6.4
- LiveCodeBenchClaude Sonnet 4 by 3.568.565+3.5
- MATH-500 (EM)MiniMax M1 80K by 2.89496.8+2.8
- MMLU-ProClaude Sonnet 4 by 2.683.781.1+2.6
- SimpleQAMiniMax M1 80K by 2.615.918.5+2.6
- TAU-bench (airline)MiniMax M1 80K by 26062+2
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Sonnet 4 or MiniMax M1 80K?
Claude Sonnet 4 wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. MiniMax M1 80K wins agents, and costs 85% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Sonnet 4. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; MiniMax M1 80K wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Sonnet 4 costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 80K costs $0.55 and $2.20. That makes MiniMax M1 80K about 85% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 26 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 14 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.