$ diff longcat-2-0 minimax-m3
LongCat-2.0 vs MiniMax M3
Values come from LongCat-2.0 and MiniMax M3, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing.
MeituanLongCat-2.0
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.3
- $/M out
- $1.2
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- $0.3
- $/M out
- $1.2
What actually differs
- Context window
- Identical — both accept 1M tokens, so context length is not a reason to pick either.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — LongCat-2.0 under MIT (commercially permissive), MiniMax M3 under Open-weight (HuggingFace). Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- LongCat-2.0 shipped 29 days after MiniMax M3 (2026-06-30 vs 2026-06-01).
Full spec
| Attribute | LongCat-2.0 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Meituan | MiniMax |
| Released | 2026-06-30 | 2026-06-01 |
| Context window | 1 million tokens (LongCat Sparse Attention / LSA) | 1,000,000 tokens (1M); min. 512K guaranteed |
| Pricing | $0.30/M input · $1.20/M output ($0.006/M cached input) — OpenRouter catalogue, read 2026-07-28. Open weights, so this is hosted-inference pricing rather than a licence fee. | $0.30/M input · $1.20/M output ($0.06/M cached input) — OpenRouter catalogue, read 2026-07-28 |
| License | MIT (commercially permissive) | Open-weight (HuggingFace) |
| Availability | Open-sourced 2026-06-30; previously served on OpenRouter under the codename "Owl Alpha" | API (global, including English) + open-weight on HuggingFace |