MiniMax, a Chinese AI startup, has released its M3 model, boasting a 1 million token context window and native multimodality, outperforming GPT-5.5 on the SWE-Bench Pro benchmark. The company also offers its M2.5 model at a significantly lower price point than competitors like Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7, while maintaining API compatibility with both OpenAI and Anthropic protocols. MiniMax provides open-weight models for self-hosting and integrates with popular coding tools like Visual Studio Code through its Cline agent. AI
IMPACT Sets a new standard for context window size and multimodal capabilities, pressuring competitors to match.
RANK_REASON New model release from a frontier lab with performance benchmarks. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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