Claude Sonnet 4vsMiniMax M2-her
MiniMax M2-her is cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4 at $0.3/M vs $3/M input tokens.
| Spec | Claude Sonnet 4 | MiniMax M2-her |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $3/M tokens | $0.3/M tokens |
| Output price | $15/M tokens | $1.2/M tokens |
| Context window | 200K tokens | 66K tokens |
| Weights | Closed | — |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | May 2025 | Jan 2026 |
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M2-her
Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.
MiniMax M2-her costs 13x less per token.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 4
Input
$3.00
Output
$15.00
MiniMax M2-her
Input
$0.30
10× cheaper
Output
$1.20
13× cheaper
MiniMax M2-her is cheaper on both: 10× input, 13× output.
Where to run it
3 hosts
Claude Sonnet 42 hosts
MiniMax M2-her1 host
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 8 Sep 2026.
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 4.0x more sentence length
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M2-her
64%Vocabulary68%
81wSentence Length20w
0.56Hedging0.61
4.5Bold1.8
6.6Lists2.8
0.70Emoji0.83
1.59Headings0.49
0.20Transitions0.18
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