Model Comparison

Grok-4 Heavy vs MiniMax M1 80K

Grok-4 Heavy significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Grok-4 Heavy outperforms in 4 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA, Humanity's Last Exam, LiveCodeBench), while MiniMax M1 80K is better at 0 benchmarks.

Grok-4 Heavy significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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xAI
Grok-4 Heavy
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 80K
Input tokens$0.55
Output tokens$2.20
Best providerNovita
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only MiniMax M1 80K specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only MiniMax M1 80K specifies output context (40,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok-4 Heavy
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 80K
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output40,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-4 Heavy supports multimodal inputs, whereas MiniMax M1 80K does not.

Grok-4 Heavy can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-4 Heavy

Text
Images
Audio
Video

MiniMax M1 80K

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok-4 Heavy is licensed under a proprietary license, while MiniMax M1 80K uses MIT.

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

Grok-4 Heavy

Proprietary

Closed source

MiniMax M1 80K

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

MiniMax M1 80K was released on 2025-06-16, while Grok-4 Heavy's release date is not specified.

We can confirm MiniMax M1 80K's release timeline, but cannot make a direct age comparison without Grok-4 Heavy's release date.

Grok-4 Heavy

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MiniMax M1 80K

Jun 16, 2025

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok-4 Heavy has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-12-31, while MiniMax M1 80K's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Grok-4 Heavy's training data extends to 2024-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without MiniMax M1 80K's cutoff date.

Grok-4 Heavy

Dec 2024

MiniMax M1 80K

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (100.0% vs 76.9%)
Higher GPQA score (88.4% vs 70.0%)
Higher Humanity's Last Exam score (50.7% vs 8.4%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (79.4% vs 65.0%)
MiniMax
Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
xAI
Grok-4 Heavy
MiniMax
MiniMax M1 80K

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-4 Heavy vs MiniMax M1 80K

Grok-4 Heavy significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-4 Heavy is made by xAI and MiniMax M1 80K is made by MiniMax. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-4 Heavy scores AIME 2025: 100.0%, HMMT25: 96.7%, GPQA: 88.4%, LiveCodeBench: 79.4%, USAMO25: 61.9%. MiniMax M1 80K scores MATH-500: 96.8%, ZebraLogic: 86.8%, AIME 2024: 86.0%, MMLU-Pro: 81.1%, AIME 2025: 76.9%.
Grok-4 Heavy supports an unknown number of tokens and MiniMax M1 80K supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-4 Heavy is developed by xAI and MiniMax M1 80K is developed by MiniMax.