Is Mercury Coder Small or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

Mercury Coder Small is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $1.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Mercury Coder Small or MiniMax M2.5?

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

Mercury Coder Small vs MiniMax M2.5

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

Spec	Mercury Coder Small	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$1.00	$1.20
Context window	33K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Jan 2024	Feb 2026

Mercury Coder Small details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

FAQ

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