Is MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 cheaper?

MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.18 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1?

MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 has the larger context window (197K tokens).

MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 vs deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1

MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 or deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5	deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
Provider	SiliconFlow	SiliconFlow
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.50
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$2.18
Context window	197K	164K
Parameters	—	671B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Feb 2026	May 2025

MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5 details →deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 details →

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