Is MiniMax M2.1 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cheaper?

MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax M2.1 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

MiniMax M2.1 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

MiniMax M2.1 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

MiniMax M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax M2.1 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax M2.1 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax M2.1	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$2.00
Context window	205K	8K
Parameters	229B	20B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Dec 2025	Sep 2023

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.