Claude Opus 4.5 vs MiniMax M2.5: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

CharacteristicClaude Opus 4.5MiniMax M2.5
CompanyAnthropicMiniMax
Release DateNovember 23, 2025February 11, 2026
Parameters230B
MultimodalYesYes
Context (input)200K
Context (output)64K
Input Price / 1M$5.00
Output Price / 1M$25.00
Average Score0.90.7
Benchmarks
SWE-Bench Verified0.80.8

Visual Benchmark Comparison

Claude Opus 4.5
MiniMax M2.5
SWE-Bench Verified0.8 vs 0.8
0.8
0.8

Verdict

MiniMax M2.5 leads in 1 out of 3 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Claude Opus 4.5 — 0.9, MiniMax M2.5 — 0.7.

Programming

On SWE-Bench, both models are nearly equal: Claude Opus 4.5 — 0.8, MiniMax M2.5 — 0.8.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 11/23/2025.

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