Claude Opus 4.1 vs MiniMax M2 Comparison

Comparing Claude Opus 4.1 and MiniMax M2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude Opus 4.1 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, SWE-Bench Verified), while MiniMax M2 is better at 1 benchmark (Terminal-Bench).

Claude Opus 4.1 has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

MiniMax M2 costs less

For input processing, Claude Opus 4.1 ($15.00/1M tokens) is 50.0x more expensive than MiniMax M2 ($0.30/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude Opus 4.1 ($75.00/1M tokens) is 62.5x more expensive than MiniMax M2 ($1.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude Opus 4.1 is more expensive than MiniMax M2.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude Opus 4.1

Input tokens$15.00

Output tokens$75.00

Best providerAnthropic

MiniMax M2

Input tokens$0.30

Output tokens$1.20

Best providerMiniMax

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

MiniMax M2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens compared to Claude Opus 4.1's 200,000 tokens. MiniMax M2 can generate longer responses up to 1,000,000 tokens, while Claude Opus 4.1 is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Claude Opus 4.1

Input200,000 tokens

Output32,000 tokens

MiniMax M2

Input1,000,000 tokens

Output1,000,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Opus 4.1 supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M2 does not.

Claude Opus 4.1 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Opus 4.1

Text

Images

Audio

Video

MiniMax M2

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Opus 4.1 is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniMax M2 uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude Opus 4.1

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniMax M2

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.1 was released on 2025-08-05, while MiniMax M2 was released on 2025-10-27.

MiniMax M2 is 3 months newer than Claude Opus 4.1.

Claude Opus 4.1

Aug 5, 2025

7 months ago

MiniMax M2

Oct 27, 2025

4 months ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude Opus 4.1 is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. MiniMax M2 is available from MiniMax, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.