Is Doubao Seed Character or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

Doubao Seed Character is cheaper on output tokens ($0.29 vs $1.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Doubao Seed Character or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

Doubao Seed Character vs MiniMax M2.5

Doubao Seed Character is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax M2.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Doubao Seed Character or MiniMax M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Doubao Seed Character	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.12	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$0.29	$1.20
Context window	128K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jul 2026	Feb 2026

Doubao Seed Character details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

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