Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash
aka Haiku 5.5 vs M3.1-Flash
- Author picksClaude Haiku 5.51–0
- CheaperMiniMax M3.1 Flash2/3 posts
- FasterEven2–2
As stated in each post, not a controlled benchmark.
Posts
9GPU showcase website from given image assets, four models: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Luna, Claude Haiku 5.5, MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Posted by @VulKan42069.
Lighthouse in a night thunderstorm, three budget models: Claude Haiku 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Posted by @alexfacethesun.
Pixel-art night city with a full moon: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Claude Haiku 5.5. Posted by @Da7_Tech.
Alpine benchmark, four budget models: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Claude Haiku 5.5, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Muse Spark 1.3. Posted by @EnvolDev.
Pelican driving a flying roadster: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Claude Haiku 5.5, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Luna. Posted by @noclipepe.
Tesla Roadster kickflip, M3.1 Flash vs Haiku: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Claude Haiku 5.5. Posted by @mkeremturhan.
Mona Lisa on a pelican on a PS5 controller: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, GPT-6 Luna, Claude Haiku 5.5. Posted by @jan_volad.
Submarine chase through a sea-floor city, four flash models: MiniMax M3.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Claude Haiku 5.5. Posted by @thehypedotnews.
Same prompt, separate runs
8Not a controlled comparison: prompts, tools and time differ.
About this matchup
Claude Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash in real side-by-side tests: 9 posts from X where both got the same prompt; 5 posts report cost or time. Judge coding ability from the actual outputs.
Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash: which is better for coding?
Which is better for coding, Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Author picks: where the author preferred one of the two, they picked Claude Haiku 5.5 once and MiniMax M3.1 Flash never. That covers 1 of the 9 posts here; each post is a different task, so watch the outputs above for the work you care about.
Which is cheaper, Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
3 posts state a cost for both: MiniMax M3.1 Flash was cheaper in 2; Claude Haiku 5.5 in 1. These are the costs the posts state for each run, not list prices.
Which is faster, Haiku 5.5 or MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
4 posts state a time for both: each was faster in 2. Times are as stated in each post; tools and settings differ between posts.
Summary
Claude Haiku 5.5 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash appear together in 9 posts on X: FawnBench running deer, four budget models (@fawnunwrap), GPU showcase website from given image assets, four models (@VulKan42069), lighthouse in a night thunderstorm, three budget models (@alexfacethesun), pixel-art night city with a full moon (@Da7_Tech), alpine benchmark, four budget models (@EnvolDev) and 4 more. 7 of them are part of larger lineups with other models. In @thehypedotnews's submarine chase through a sea-floor city, four flash models, Claude Haiku 5.5 was cheaper ($0.17 vs $0.21) and MiniMax M3.1 Flash was faster (29.4 min vs 35.5 min), as reported in the post. In @fawnunwrap's FawnBench running deer, four budget models, MiniMax M3.1 Flash was cheaper ($0.016 vs $0.081), faster (7.6 min vs 10.3 min) and used fewer tokens (28K tokens vs 205K tokens), as reported in the post. In @noclipepe's pelican driving a flying roadster, MiniMax M3.1 Flash was cheaper ($0.62 vs $0.65) and Claude Haiku 5.5 was faster (30.4 min vs 43.9 min), as reported in the post. In @VulKan42069's GPU showcase website from given image assets, four models, Claude Haiku 5.5 was faster (36.3 min vs 2 h 28 min), as reported in the post.
What each post reports
Only numbers stated in each post. “—” means the post doesn’t say.
Quick facts
| Model | Vendor | Released | Input $/1M tokens | Output $/1M tokens | Context (tokens) | Official links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | |||||
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | MiniMax | 2026-09-27 | 1,000,000 | Model docs |
From the vendors’ official pages, checked 2026-10-19. Standard API list prices; each value links its source and a blank cell could not be verified. The archive’s own numbers above are what each post states.
Who won where
2- Lighthouse in a night thunderstorm, three budget modelsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 built the whole storm; Claude Haiku 5.5 drew the prettiest lighthouse but no waves; MiniMax M3.1 Flash’s code crashed on load.— the author’s view, @alexfacethesun (paraphrased)
- Tesla Roadster kickflip, M3.1 Flash vs HaikuSpace Bunny gave the car snowflake wheels; Haiku 5.5 did the actual kickflip, and Haiku is also cheaper per token.— the author’s view, @mkeremturhan (paraphrased)























