xAI: Grok 4.5 vs MiniMax M1
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, context windows of 500K vs 1.0M, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
MiniMax M1
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M1 is 3.6x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
6.7× cheaper
Output
$1.65
3.6× cheaper
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 6.7× input, 3.6× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
MiniMax M1 uses 3.0x more bold
xAI: Grok 4.5
MiniMax M1
61%Vocabulary53%
16wSentence Length17w
0.23Hedging0.51
2.5Bold7.4
2.4Lists6.2
0.09Emoji0.10
0.48Headings0.86
0.06Transitions0.03
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