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Compare AI models: MiniMax-M3 vs Sonar Deep Research

  1. MiniMax-M3MiniMaxHollow points use fallbacks · hover for details
  2. Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexityHollow points use fallbacks · hover for details
ReasoningCodingCost efficiencyContext windowMultimodalTool use
Normalized model capability scores
ModelReasoningCodingCost efficiencyContext windowMultimodalTool use
MiniMax-M350/100 — Reasoning supported; no comparable benchmark85/10058/10092/10050/10021/100
Sonar Deep Research50/100 — Reasoning supported; no comparable benchmark50/100 — No data; neutral placeholder25/10020/1000/1000/100 — Tool calling not supported
Overview
Author
Context length
1M
128K
Reasoning
True
True
Input modalities
Text, Image, Video
Text
Output modalities
Text
Text
Providers
Pricing
Input
$0.33/ 1M
$2.00/ 1M
Output
$1.32/ 1M
$8.00/ 1M
Cached input
$0.07/ 1M
Unknown
MomentumLast 2 mo
Unique users
285K
No usage
Completed sessions
1,545,030
No usage
Token share
0.28%
No usage
Tokens
2.7T-71%
No usage
AUG 13OCT 7
No trend data
RetentionWeek 1
Returning users
58.8%18K user-weeks
Pending

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