Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.5 by Anthropic against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 205K, tested across 42 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.5
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 4.5
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
62%
Claude Sonnet 4.5 uses 31.0x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4.5
MiniMax M2.5
64%Vocabulary55%
94wSentence Length25w
0.48Hedging0.58
4.9Bold6.0
8.0Lists4.4
0.45Emoji0.01
1.91Headings1.11
0.07Transitions0.16
Based on 20 + 23 text responses
Research
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