--- title: "We Audited the Same Codebase with Claude Opus 4.8 and MiniMax M3" url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-audited-the-same-codebase-with-claude-opus-4-8-and-minimax-m3-vnjljothd source_url: https://blog.kilo.ai/p/we-audited-the-same-codebase-with type: article source: "Kilo Blog" published: 2026-06-05T18:19:59.744Z updated: 2026-06-07T17:44:54.616Z tags: ["claude", "ai-coding"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 6 comments: 3 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # We Audited the Same Codebase with Claude Opus 4.8 and MiniMax M3 **[Kilo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/kilo-ai-blog)** · 10 min read · 6 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A head-to-head comparison of Claude Opus 4.8 (at four reasoning levels) and MiniMax M3 on a code audit task using a TypeScript/Bun/SQLite webhook delivery service with 17 known bugs. MiniMax M3 found 13 of 17 issues for ~$0.07, matching Claude Opus 4.8 at medium and high settings but costing over 18x less. Claude Opus 4.8 at xhigh found the most issues (15/17) for $2.03 and was the best value among Claude runs. The max setting cost $3.39, found the same 15 issues as xhigh, and dropped one finding. Higher reasoning levels shifted attention rather than uniformly improving coverage, and the most expensive setting was not the most useful. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@akashskypatel** · 1 upvotes > Unfortunately if you are using any Chinese models for closed source projects you are exposing your IP to China. --- Tags: [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/we-audited-the-same-codebase-with-claude-opus-4-8-and-minimax-m3-vnjljothd)