MiniMax M3.1 Flash → GLM-5.3 Flash: cost per request on six tasks
GLM-5.3 Flash costs 1–13% less than MiniMax M3.1 Flash per request on six common tasks. It costs no more per result that works if its results work first time at least 87% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash's on translation, and 100% as often on search re-ranking.
List prices per million tokens
| Model | Input | Cached input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.60 |
| GLM-5.3 Flash | $0.15 | $0.03 | $0.50 |
Prices checked 2026-11-12.
Cost per 1,000 requests
| Task | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | GLM-5.3 Flash | 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. | $0.63 | $0.60 | 5% less | 96% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Invoice field extractionInstructions and one invoice's text in; about 15 fields as JSON out. | $0.53 | $0.50 | 5% less | 96% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Lead scoringScoring rules and one lead's form answers in; a score and a one-line reason out. | $0.24 | $0.23 | 4% less | 96% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Email reply draftInstructions and the email thread so far in; a reply of about 300 words out. | $0.47 | $0.42 | 9% less | 92% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| TranslationInstructions and about 500 words of text in; the same text in another language out. | $0.61 | $0.54 | 13% less | 87% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
| Search re-rankingA search query and 20 result snippets in; the ids of the best five, in order, out. | $0.63 | $0.63 | 1% less | 100% as often as MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
Token counts are typical sizes, not measurements.
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