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MiniMax M2 vs GPT-5.2 Pro

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

MiniMax M2 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Has reasoning mode

GPT-5.2 Pro wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
MiniMax M2
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.2 Pro
Context Window
GPT-5.2 Pro
Speed
GPT-5.2 Pro

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMiniMax M2GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.26$21.00 MiniMax M2
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.00$168.00 MiniMax M2
Cache Read (per 1M)$30000.00N/A MiniMax M2
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, MiniMax M2 is 99% cheaper overall.

MiniMax M2 Providers

Minimax $0.26 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.26 (Cheapest)
Google $0.30
Novita $0.30

GPT-5.2 Pro Providers

OpenAI $21.00 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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MiniMax M2 Wins
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GPT-5.2 Pro Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMiniMax M2GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
36.051.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
29.248.7
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
78.399.0
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
82.087.4
GPQA
Graduate-level science
77.790.3
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
82.688.9
GPT-5.2 Pro significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

MiniMax M2
196,608
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5.2 Pro has a 51% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMiniMax M2GPT-5.2 ProWinner
Tokens/second92.4 tok/s99.7 tok/s
Time to First Token1.33s27.00s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMiniMax M2GPT-5.2 Pro
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMiniMax M2GPT-5.2 Pro
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMinimaxOpenAI
ReleasedOct 2025Dec 2025

MiniMax M2 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5.2 Pro Modalities

Input
imagetextfile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

MiniMax M2 has cheaper input pricing at $0.26/M tokens. MiniMax M2 has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.2 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 48.7, compared to MiniMax M2's score of 29.2.
MiniMax M2 has a 196,608 token context window, while GPT-5.2 Pro has a 400,000 token context window.
MiniMax M2 does not support vision. GPT-5.2 Pro supports vision.