MiniMax M2.5 vs o3 Mini
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against o3 Mini by OpenAI, context windows of 205K vs 64K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M2.5
o3 MiniRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M2.5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
MiniMax M2.5 is 3.7x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
3.7× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.7× cheaper
o3 Mini
Input
$1.10
Output
$4.40
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 3.7× input, 3.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
41%
MiniMax M2.5 uses 1.5x more emoji
MiniMax M2.5
o3 Mini
55%Vocabulary65%
25wSentence Length17w
0.58Hedging0.74
6.0Bold3.9
4.4Lists1.7
0.01Emoji0.00
1.11Headings0.47
0.16Transitions0.38
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