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Head to head

MiniMax M3vsLlama 3.2 3B Instruct

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · measured basis

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct costs $0.0001 per solved task against MiniMax M3 at $0.02 — ▼ 159x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $4 a month.

On output token price alone Llama 3.2 3B Instruct looks 3.6x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for MiniMax M3 and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
FigureMiniMax M3Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Input $/Mtok$0.3$0.05
Output $/Mtok$1.2$0.33
Cached input $/Mtok$0.06$0.05
Pass rate47%33%
Cost per solved task$0.02measured$0.0001measured
Cost per month$4$0.03

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), MiniMax M3 (measured, $0.02 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$0.001$0.01$0.1$1$10$100$1kTASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksLlama 3.2 3B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task$0.03MiniMax M3 · MEASURED · $0.02 per solved task$4— Llama 3.2 3B Instruct · MEASURED— MiniMax M3 · MEASURED

Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.

Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings