xAI: Grok 4.5 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Compare xAI: Grok 4.5 by xAI against MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 by MiniMax, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
xAI: Grok 4.5
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, xAI: Grok 4.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
xAI: Grok 4.5
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Input
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Output
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Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
53%
xAI: Grok 4.5 uses 2.9x more lists
xAI: Grok 4.5
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
61%Vocabulary48%
16wSentence Length20w
0.23Hedging0.56
2.5Bold3.1
2.4Lists0.8
0.09Emoji0.07
0.48Headings0.73
0.06Transitions0.12
Based on 27 + 24 text responses
Research
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