All models
Head to head

Grok 4 Fast vs MiniMax M3

Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.

Grok 4 Fast costs 1.7× less per message.

Both hold the same amount of context.

MiniMax M3MiniMax
OpenChat with MiniMax M3
Made by
X-AI
MiniMax
Content tier
Open
Open
Intelligence
Quick
Smart & Cheap
Price per message
~0.52 credits≈ 192 messages for 1 €
~0.86 credits≈ 116 messages for 1 €
Context window
1M tokens≈ 1,538 pages of text in one go
1M tokens≈ 1,613 pages of text in one go
Reads
Text, Images
Text, Images, Video
Writes
Text
Text
Tool use
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Yes - search, memory, code and more
Served via
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
OpenRouter, Unbottled AI
Status
Current
Current

A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. 1 credit = 0.01 €.