Claude Opus 4.8 vs MiniMax M2.7
Compare Claude Opus 4.8 by Anthropic against MiniMax M2.7 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 205K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Opus 4.8
MiniMax M2.7Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Opus 4.8 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
MiniMax M2.7 is 21x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Opus 4.8
Input
$5.00
Output
$25.00
MiniMax M2.7
Input
$0.30
17× cheaper
Output
$1.20
21× cheaper
MiniMax M2.7 is cheaper on both — 17× input, 21× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
60%
Claude Opus 4.8 uses 2.7x more emoji
Claude Opus 4.8
MiniMax M2.7
60%Vocabulary56%
19wSentence Length26w
0.46Hedging0.50
4.7Bold6.8
3.2Lists3.5
0.78Emoji0.28
1.15Headings1.20
0.04Transitions0.11
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
Research
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