Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare Claude Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 1.0M vs 205K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4.6
MiniMax M2.5Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Claude Sonnet 4.6 has the edge — bigger context window, major provider backing.
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 4.6
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
78%
Claude Sonnet 4.6 uses 13.1x more emoji
Claude Sonnet 4.6
MiniMax M2.5
56%Vocabulary55%
36wSentence Length25w
0.53Hedging0.58
5.1Bold6.0
3.4Lists4.4
0.19Emoji0.01
2.10Headings1.11
0.02Transitions0.16
Based on 23 + 23 text responses
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