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MiniMax M3 vs gpt-oss-120b

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), MiniMax M3 costs 2.0× as much as gpt-oss-120b: $1.08 against $0.54 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

MiniMax M3gpt-oss-120b
Input, per 1M tokens$0.30$0.15
Output, per 1M tokens$1.20$0.60
Context window1.05M131K
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.192$0.096
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$1.08$0.54
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$3.00$1.50
Confidence signalyesyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400316329

Which one should carry your traffic?

If gpt-oss-120b answers your requests as well as MiniMax M3, moving that traffic saves 50% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. gpt-oss-120b exposes a confidence signal, so Gimbix can let it answer first and hand unsure cases to MiniMax M3.

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