Who ranks #1 on the Loca Bench 256k leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax ranks #1 on Loca Bench 256k at 49.3%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.
As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 is #1 for Loca Bench 256k at 49.3%. Ranked by the Loca Bench 256k score 1 models in this index have a published Loca Bench 256k score. Loca Bench 256k leaderboard: rank models by Loca Bench 256k next to live API token prices.
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As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax is #1 for Loca Bench 256k at 49.3%. Ranked by the Loca Bench 256k score This board also tracks Loca Bench 256k. This loca bench 256k leaderboard ranks models by Loca Bench 256k. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.
Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
| Rank | Model | Loca Bench 256k | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiniMax M3 | 49.3% | $0.30 | $1.20 |
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As of August 20, 2026, MiniMax M3 by MiniMax ranks #1 on Loca Bench 256k at 49.3%. API pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output.
MiniMax M3 currently leads Loca Bench 256k and is also the cheapest scored model on this page, at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output ($1.50 blended).
Not automatically. MiniMax M3 leads Loca Bench 256k, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh Loca Bench 256k against input/output price, context window, and related evals.
Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.
Loca Bench 256k is a public LLM eval (the Loca Bench 256k score). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.
This page is the Loca Bench 256k leaderboard. Models are sorted by Loca Bench 256k, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.
Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published Loca Bench 256k score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.