MiniMax M2 is 23.5× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Claude Opus 5 has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 204,800 tokens, 4.9×). MiniMax M2 is open-weights; the other is not.
Claude Opus 5 vs MiniMax M2
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Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · anthropic__claude-opus-5
MiniMax M2open
Minimax · minimax__minimax-m2
Identity
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Minimax |
| Slug | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2 |
Quality
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 98.0 | — |
Cost
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $5.00 | $0.26 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $25.00 | $1.02 |
Context
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 204,800 |
| Max output tokens | 128,000 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | anthropic__claude-opus-5 | minimax__minimax-m2 |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, file | text |
| Output | text | text |