Claude Sonnet 4 vs MiniMax M2-her
Compare Claude Sonnet 4 by Anthropic against MiniMax M2-her by MiniMax, context windows of 200K vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M2-her
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M2-her is 13x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Claude Sonnet 4 uses 6.9x more headings
Claude Sonnet 4
MiniMax M2-her
62%Vocabulary65%
111wSentence Length18w
0.40Hedging0.71
5.0Bold2.0
9.3Lists1.7
0.88Emoji0.96
2.16Headings0.31
0.33Transitions0.21
Based on 17 + 24 text responses
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