Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22) by Anthropic against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 205K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
MiniMax M2.5
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M2.5 is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$1.20
13× cheaper
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 10× input, 13× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
MiniMax M2.5 uses 1.5x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 3.6 (2022-10-22)
MiniMax M2.5
66%Vocabulary55%
74wSentence Length25w
0.72Hedging0.58
0.3Bold6.0
8.9Lists4.4
0.00Emoji0.01
0.06Headings1.11
0.09Transitions0.16
Based on 21 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
