# Minimax M2 5 vs O3 Mini

As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 leads O3 Mini in 3 of 4 shared categories: Reasoning, Long context, and Abstraction (ARC).

Minimax M2 5: $0.47250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

O3 Mini: $1.9250000000000003 per 1M blended tokens.

Minimax M2 5: open weights.

O3 Mini: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini leads Minimax M2 5 in General LLM at #7 against #127.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 leads O3 Mini in Reasoning at #119 against #133.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 leads O3 Mini in Long context at #116 against #145.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 leads O3 Mini in Abstraction (ARC) at #36 against #51.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Minimax M2 5 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Feb 19, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, O3 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Reasoning (since Feb 9, 2025; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts); methodology v1.0).