Which is cheaper, Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3?

Claude Haiku 5.5 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Claude Haiku 5.5 from $0.10 and MiniMax M3 from $0.30.

Can I switch between Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3 without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5, minimax/minimax-m3).

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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Claude Haiku 5.5 Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-5.5

MiniMax M3 Minimaxminimax/minimax-m3

Creator

Anthropic

Minimax

Released

Oct 7, 2026

May 31, 2026

Context window

Max output

128K

512K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.10

$0.30

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$0.50

$1.20

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

34.3

18.7

LatencyMedian time to first token

—

3.1s

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

—

<1 t/s

Accepts

Image, Text

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3: summary

Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3 are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Claude Haiku 5.5, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs from $0.10/1M input and $0.50/1M output tokens across 3 providers and scores 34.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiniMax M3, from Minimax, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $0.30/1M input and $1.20/1M output tokens and scores 18.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Claude Haiku 5.5 is the cheapest on input, 3× cheaper than the next model and Claude Haiku 5.5 scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="minimax/minimax-m3", messages=[...])

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