Is MiniMax: MiniMax M1 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

MiniMax: MiniMax M1 is cheaper on output tokens ($2.20 vs $25.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax: MiniMax M1 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5?

MiniMax: MiniMax M1 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

MiniMax: MiniMax M1 vs Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5

MiniMax: MiniMax M1 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax: MiniMax M1 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax: MiniMax M1 or Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax: MiniMax M1	Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$5.00
Output / 1M tokens	$2.20	$25.00
Context window	1M	200K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jun 2025	Nov 2025

MiniMax: MiniMax M1 details →Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.5 details →

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