Model comparison
MiniMax-Text-01 vs Llama 3.3 70B
- Input
- $0.20 / 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.10 / 1M tokens
- Context
- 4M
- Released
- 2025-01-15
- Input
- $1.04
- Output
- $1.04
- Context
- 128K
- Released
- 2024-12-06
MiniMax-Text-01 scores higher on 4 of the 5 benchmarks both models report (the other leads on 1); MiniMax-Text-01 is cheaper on input tokens ($0.2 vs $1 per 1M, 5.2×); MiniMax-Text-01 has the larger context window (4M vs 128K).
Specs and pricing side by side
| Spec | MiniMax-Text-01 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Meta |
| Released | 2025-01-15 | 2024-12-06 |
| Context window | 4M | 128K |
| Max output | Not separately published | not published |
| Input price | $0.20 / 1M tokens | $1.04 |
| Output price | $1.10 / 1M tokens | $1.04 |
| Parameters | 456B total / 45.9B active (MoE, 32 experts, Top-2 routing, 80 layers) | 70B |
| License | MiniMax Model License Agreement (open weights, custom) | Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weightssame |
| Modalities | Text | Textsame |
| Knowledge cutoff | Not officially stated | 2023-12 |
Benchmarks both models report
| Benchmark | MiniMax-Text-01 | Llama 3.3 70B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 88.5% | 86% |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.7% | 68.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | 54.4% | 50.5% |
| MATH | 77.4% | 77% |
| IFEval | 89.1% | 92.1% |
Scores are as published by each maker or its cited source; harness, reasoning effort and date can differ between rows, so treat small gaps as ties. Sources are listed on each model page.
Which one should you pick?
Pick MiniMax-Text-01 if…
- You care about MMLU, MMLU-Pro, GPQA Diamond (it scores higher on 4 shared benchmarks).
- Cost matters: input tokens cost 5.2× less ($0.2 vs $1 per 1M).
- You need the longer context (4M vs 128K).
- Your use case is: long-document and whole-codebase analysis that needs hundreds of thousands to millions of tokens of context.
Pick Llama 3.3 70B if…
- You care about IFEval (it scores higher on 1 shared benchmark).
- Your use case is: cost-efficient self-hosted or API chat assistants needing frontier-class quality below 405B.
FAQ
Which is better, MiniMax-Text-01 or Llama 3.3 70B?
MiniMax-Text-01 scores higher on 4 of the 5 benchmarks both models report (the other leads on 1); MiniMax-Text-01 is cheaper on input tokens ($0.2 vs $1 per 1M, 5.2×); MiniMax-Text-01 has the larger context window (4M vs 128K). The better pick depends on whether you value benchmark scores, price per token, context length or openness for your workload.
How much cheaper is MiniMax-Text-01?
MiniMax-Text-01: $0.20 / 1M tokens input, $1.10 / 1M tokens output. Llama 3.3 70B: $1.04 input, $1.04 output (list API prices as published by each maker).
What are the context windows of MiniMax-Text-01 and Llama 3.3 70B?
MiniMax-Text-01 offers 4M with up to Not separately published output; Llama 3.3 70B offers 128K.
Is MiniMax-Text-01 newer than Llama 3.3 70B?
MiniMax-Text-01 was released 2025-01-15; Llama 3.3 70B was released 2024-12-06.
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