Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3 and GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: MiniMax M3 from $0.30 and GPT-6 Luna from $0.10.

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax M3 and GPT-6 Luna?

MiniMax M3 has the largest context window: MiniMax M3 1,000,000 tokens and GPT-6 Luna 400,000 tokens.

Which is smarter, MiniMax M3 and GPT-6 Luna?

GPT-6 Luna scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: MiniMax M3 18.7 and GPT-6 Luna 27.8.

Can I switch between MiniMax M3 and GPT-6 Luna 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 (minimax/minimax-m3, openai/gpt-6-luna).

MiniMax M3 vs GPT-6 Luna

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

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MiniMax M3 Minimaxminimax/minimax-m3

GPT-6 Luna OpenAIopenai/gpt-6-luna

Creator

Minimax

OpenAI

Released

May 31, 2026

Sep 22, 2026

Context window

400K

Max output

512K

128K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.30

$0.10

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$1.20

$0.50

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

18.7

27.8

LatencyMedian time to first token

3.1s

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ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image, Video

Files, Image, Text

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

MiniMax M3 vs GPT-6 Luna: summary

MiniMax M3 and GPT-6 Luna are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

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.

GPT-6 Luna, from OpenAI, has a 400,000-token context window, costs $0.10/1M input and $0.50/1M output tokens and scores 27.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GPT-6 Luna is the cheapest on input, 3× cheaper than the next model, MiniMax M3 has the largest context window and GPT-6 Luna 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="minimax/minimax-m3", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="openai/gpt-6-luna", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis