Au Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Minimax M3.1 Flash: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-05 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: Minimax M3.1 Flash is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.197 per million tokens versus
$0.220, a 11% difference.
Minimax M3.1 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Au Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5.
Head to head
| Au Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 | Minimax M3.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.110 | $0.113 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.550 | $0.450 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.220 | $0.197 |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Vendor | au.anthropic.claude | empiriolabs |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | Au Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 | Minimax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.247 | $0.225 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $2.48 | $2.25 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $24.75 | $22.50 |
Which should you pick?
Pick Minimax M3.1 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens). Pick Minimax M3.1 Flash when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.