Which is better for coding — GLM-4.5 or MiniMax M2.5?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — GLM-4.5 or MiniMax M2.5?

API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.

Which has a larger context window — GLM-4.5 or MiniMax M2.5?

Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

GLM-4.5 vs MiniMax M2.5: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	GLM-4.5	MiniMax M2.5
Company	Zhipu AI	MiniMax
Release Date	July 27, 2025	February 11, 2026
Parameters	355B	230B
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	131K	—
Context (output)	98K	—
Input Price / 1M	$0.60	—
Output Price / 1M	$2.20	—
Average Score	0.8	0.7

Verdict

MiniMax M2.5 leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-4.5 — 0.8, MiniMax M2.5 — 0.7.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 7/27/2025.

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GLM-4.5

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MiniMax M2.5

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