Z.ai: GLM 5.1 vs MiniMax M2.7
Compare Z.ai: GLM 5.1 by Z-ai against MiniMax M2.7 by MiniMax, in 22 community votes, minimax m2.7 wins 65% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 203K vs 205K, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Reasoning: Z.ai: GLM 5.1 and MiniMax M2.7 are tied
Image Generation: Z.ai: GLM 5.1 wins 60% of votes
Conversation: MiniMax M2.7 wins 100% of votes
Web Design: MiniMax M2.7 wins 67% of votes
Analysis: MiniMax M2.7 wins 100% of votes
Our Verdict
MiniMax M2.7Winner
Z.ai: GLM 5.1Runner-up
Pick MiniMax M2.7. In 22 blind votes, MiniMax M2.7 wins 65% of the time. That's not luck.
Pick Z.ai: GLM 5.1 for Image Generation. Pick MiniMax M2.7 for Conversation, Analysis, Web Design. MiniMax M2.7 is 3.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M2.7
Input
$0.30
4.7× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.7× cheaper
MiniMax M2.7 is cheaper on both — 4.7× input, 3.7× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
30%
MiniMax M2.7 uses 28.4x more emoji
Z.ai: GLM 5.1
MiniMax M2.7
54%Vocabulary56%
18wSentence Length26w
0.31Hedging0.50
3.6Bold6.8
2.6Lists3.5
0.00Emoji0.28
0.43Headings1.20
0.11Transitions0.11
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