DeepSeek R1 vs MiniMax M2.5
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax, context windows of 128K vs 205K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
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.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
1.8× cheaper
Output
$1.20
1.8× cheaper
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 1.8× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
47%
DeepSeek R1 uses 3.0x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
MiniMax M2.5
62%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length25w
0.52Hedging0.58
8.0Bold6.0
5.7Lists4.4
0.04Emoji0.01
0.62Headings1.11
0.28Transitions0.16
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