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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax M1 80k

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (Meta) and MiniMax M1 80k (MiniMaxAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, MiniMax M1 80k holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#171 vs #174); MiniMax M1 80k offers the longer context window (1M vs 131K tokens); and MiniMax M1 80k ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct if…

  • you want provider choice — 12 listed API providers against 0.

Choose MiniMax M1 80k if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #171 against #174 (22.0 vs 20.6 points).
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 131K.
  • you want to self-host: MiniMax M1 80k ships open weights while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct is gated access.
  • you want the more recently listed model — MiniMax M1 80k was listed 13 June 2025, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 6 December 2024.

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax M1 80k: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and MiniMax M1 80k
FieldLlama 3.3 70B InstructMetaMiniMax M1 80kMiniMaxAI
ModelCap Index position#174#171
Index score20.622.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.10Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$0.32Unlisted
Context window131K tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens16K—
API providers listed120
Weight accessGated accessOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed6 December 202413 June 2025
PublisherMetaMiniMaxAI

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax M1 80k

Public benchmark boards where Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax M1 80k has a published result
BoardLlama 3.3 70B InstructMiniMax M1 80kLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)13461339–1352—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)31.9Function calling—Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—17.9intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax M1 80k: common questions

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct better than MiniMax M1 80k?

MiniMax M1 80k ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #171 against #174. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct cheaper than MiniMax M1 80k?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax M1 80k?

MiniMax M1 80k has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax M1 80k?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and MiniMax M1 80k open-weight models?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: Gated access. MiniMax M1 80k: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and MiniMax M1 80k?

ModelCap currently lists 12 API providers for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct and 0 for MiniMax M1 80k, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax M1 80k comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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