MiniMax M3 → Llama 4 Maverick: cost per request on six tasks
Llama 4 Maverick costs between 9% less and 15% more than MiniMax M3 per request on six common tasks. It costs no more per result that works if its results work first time at least 91% as often as MiniMax M3's on translation, and 16% more often on search re-ranking.
List prices per million tokens
| Model | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M3 | $0.30 | $0.06 | $1.20 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.35 | n/a | $1.00 |
Prices checked 2026-11-12.
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Task | MiniMax M3 | Llama 4 Maverick | Change | Cheaper per result that works if it works first time at least |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support bot answerInstructions, three help-centre passages and the customer's question in; a short answer out. | $1.26 | $1.35 | 7% more | 8% more often than MiniMax M3 |
| Invoice field extractionInstructions and one invoice's text in; about 15 fields as JSON out. | $1.05 | $1.13 | 7% more | 8% more often than MiniMax M3 |
| Lead scoringScoring rules and one lead's form answers in; a score and a one-line reason out. | $0.48 | $0.52 | 8% more | 9% more often than MiniMax M3 |
| Email reply draftInstructions and the email thread so far in; a reply of about 300 words out. | $0.93 | $0.93 | 1% less | 100% as often as MiniMax M3 |
| TranslationInstructions and about 500 words of text in; the same text in another language out. | $1.23 | $1.12 | 9% less | 91% as often as MiniMax M3 |
| Search re-rankingA search query and 20 result snippets in; the ids of the best five, in order, out. | $1.26 | $1.45 | 15% more | 16% more often than MiniMax M3 |
Token counts are typical sizes, not measurements.
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