compare/GPT-5.6 SolvsMiniMax M3

GPT-5.6 Sol vs MiniMax M3

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 GPT-5.6 Sol
openai/gpt-5.6-sol
MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
FamilyGPT-5MiniMax M
Modalitytexttext
Context window1,050,000 tok1,000,000 tok
Max output128,000 tok4,096 tok
Released2026-07-102026-06-01
Input price$5.00 /1M$0.300 /1M
Output price$30.00 /1M$1.20 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyes
Streamingyesyes
Visionyes
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
GPT-5.6 Sol
openai/gpt-5.6-sol
Full spec →

GPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI's frontier GPT-5.6 model for complex professional work, using the Responses API for reasoning and stateful context management.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Full spec →

MiniMax's M3 language model with frontier coding and agentic capabilities, a 1M token context window, and multilingual support.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try GPT-5.6 Sol
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.6-sol",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try MiniMax M3 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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