Is Mistral Large 3 2512 or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.34 vs $1.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or MiniMax-M2.1?

Mistral Large 3 2512 has the larger context window (256K tokens).

Mistral Large 3 2512 vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while Mistral Large 3 2512 offers a larger context window. Choose Mistral Large 3 2512 or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Mistral Large 3 2512	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$1.50	$1.34
Context window	256K	196K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Dec 2025	Dec 2025

Mistral Large 3 2512 details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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