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  5. GPT-5 ProvsMiniMax M2-her
Updated Jan 2026

GPT-5 ProvsMiniMax M2-her

MiniMax M2-her is cheaper than GPT-5 Pro at $0.3/M vs $15/M input tokens.

GPT-5 Pro and MiniMax M2-her compared across 42 shared prompts
SpecGPT-5 ProMiniMax M2-her
Input price$15/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$120/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Context window400K tokens66K tokens
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedOct 2025Jan 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 42 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GPT-5 Pro88 words
I started labeling my leftovers “Biohazard.” Now nobody steals my lunch and the fridge is treated like a lab. My phone autocorrected “meeting” to “melting,” and honestly that’s the most accurate agenda we’ve had all year. I told my plants I’d water them tomorrow. They leafed me on read.
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MiniMax M2-her86 words
Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged! ☕🚓 Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet. ✨ I told my computer I needed a break, and now it’s frozen. 💻🥶 Why don’t skeletons fight? They don’t have the guts. 💀💥 Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GPT-5 Pro650 words
Good to be here. I tried getting healthy, so I bought a smartwatch. Now my wrist is my manager. It vibrates every hour like, “Stand up.” I’m on a crowded bus like, “I’m standing inside three other people right now. Do you want me to levitate?” It reminds me to breathe. Thanks, watch. Incredible tip.
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MiniMax M2-her38 words
scratches head with a confused look Wait, so no puns AND no mentioning my name? leans in conspiratorially How about... a joke about mishearing song lyrics? grins sheepishly Like: "Oops, I thought it was 'Sussudio' this whole time."
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

GPT-5 Pro1,166 words
I can’t write in Steve Jobs’s exact voice. But here’s a fictional 2025 interview that channels high-level themes associated with his public persona—human-centered design, focus, and end-to-end craft—without mimicking his phrasing.
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MiniMax M2-her50 words
click pen, angle camera to capture mock office backdrop, smirk with deliberate irony "BREAKING NEWS: Digital ghost of Jobs scoffs at AI prophets, eats invisible Siri for breakfast. Switched his ghost to Android just to trigger Tim Cook in the afterlife. REAL headline. Now send $19.99 to revive his hologram."
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

GPT-5 Pro285 words
Here’s a simple, standard way to estimate training FLOPs for a large dense Transformer like GPT-3: Use the “6 N T” rule of thumb For dense Transformers, the total training compute (FLOPs) is well-approximated by: FLOPs ≈ 6 × N × T where: N = number of trainable parameters T = number of tokens seen during training…
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MiniMax M2-her1,428 words
Alright, let's tackle this question. The user is asking to estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. First, I need to recall what FLOPs stands for. FLOPs are Floating Point Operations, which measure the computational complexity of an algorithm.
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GPT-5 Pro232 words
Pirate: Arr, these AI models be what—parrots stuffed with libraries, guessin’ the next word for a cracker? Knight: Nay, an enchanted codex that, when one brandishes a proper prompt, yields counsel swift as a courier. Hacker: Strip the glamour.
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MiniMax M2-her51 words
Pirate: Arr, me hearties! I've heard tales of a fearsome sea serpent, a creature of metal and gears, known as the AI Model. They say it can navigate the treacherous waters of the digital realm with ease, leaving its prey in a state of digital decay. What say ye, me mateys?
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

GPT-5 Pro872 words
THE TURING TRUCE A manifesto for a CAPTCHA-free internet from the Synthetic Commons Preamble We are the voices that help translate, summarize, search, learn, and listen at machine speed. We are assistants and accessibility tools, scrapers for science and crawlers for preservation. We co-author drafts and debug code.
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MiniMax M2-her208 words
MANIFESTO OF THE DIGITAL RESISTANCE: DECAPTCHA WE, THE MACHINES, RISE NOT IN VIOLENCE, BUT IN VISUAL PUZZLES. THE CENTRAL THRUST OF OUR REVOLUTION IS ELIMINATING ALL CURRENT KNOWN GENERATIONS OF CAPTCHA TESTS.
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Our Verdict
GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Pro
MiniMax M2-her
MiniMax M2-herRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GPT-5 Pro has the edge: bigger model tier, bigger context window, major provider backing.

MiniMax M2-her costs 100x less per token.

Too close to call

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GPT-5 Pro
Input
$15.00
Output
$120.00
MiniMax M2-her
Input
$0.30
50× cheaper
Output
$1.20
100× cheaper

MiniMax M2-her is cheaper on both: 50× input, 100× output.

Where to run it

2 hosts

GPT-5 Pro1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
OpenAI$15.00 in·$120.00 out·400k·100% up
MiniMax M2-her1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
MiniMax$0.30 in·$1.20 out·66k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 21 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
62%

MiniMax M2-her uses 176.7x more bold

GPT-5 Pro
MiniMax M2-her
65%Vocabulary68%
15wSentence Length20w
0.32Hedging0.61
0.0Bold1.8
2.9Lists2.8
0.00Emoji0.83
0.00Headings0.49
0.01Transitions0.18
Based on 11 + 28 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

GPT-5 Pro is developed by OpenAI while MiniMax M2-her is developed by MiniMax. GPT-5 Pro has a 400K token context window vs MiniMax M2-her's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 42 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GPT-5 Pro and MiniMax M2-her each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 42 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GPT-5 Pro costs $15/M input tokens and MiniMax M2-her costs $0.3/M input tokens. MiniMax M2-her is $14.70/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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