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R1 0528 vs MiniMax M2.5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

R1 0528 wins:

  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

MiniMax M2.5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
MiniMax M2.5
Benchmark Advantage
MiniMax M2.5
Context Window
MiniMax M2.5
Speed
MiniMax M2.5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricR1 0528MiniMax M2.5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.40$0.30 MiniMax M2.5
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.75$1.20 MiniMax M2.5
Cache Read (per 1M)$200000.00$30000.00 MiniMax M2.5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, MiniMax M2.5 is 29% cheaper overall.

R1 0528 Providers

Chutes $0.40 (Cheapest)
SiliconFlow $0.50
DeepInfra $0.50
AtlasCloud $0.55
Novita $0.70

MiniMax M2.5 Providers

Minimax $0.30 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.30 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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R1 0528 Wins
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MiniMax M2.5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkR1 0528MiniMax M2.5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
27.042.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
24.037.4
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
76.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
84.9--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
81.384.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
77.0--
Aider
Real-world code editing
71.4--
AIME
Competition math
89.3--
MiniMax M2.5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

R1 0528
163,840
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
MiniMax M2.5
204,800
tokens
Max output: 131,072 tokens
MiniMax M2.5 has a 20% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricR1 0528MiniMax M2.5Winner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s71.0 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s1.67s
MiniMax M2.5 responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureR1 0528MiniMax M2.5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyR1 0528MiniMax M2.5
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorDeepseekMinimax
ReleasedMay 2025Feb 2026

R1 0528 Modalities

Input
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Output
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MiniMax M2.5 Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

MiniMax M2.5 has cheaper input pricing at $0.30/M tokens. MiniMax M2.5 has cheaper output pricing at $1.20/M tokens.
MiniMax M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 37.4, compared to R1 0528's score of 24.0.
R1 0528 has a 163,840 token context window, while MiniMax M2.5 has a 204,800 token context window.
R1 0528 does not support vision. MiniMax M2.5 does not support vision.