Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) vs MiniMax-M2.1

Anthropic · MiniMax · catalog 2026-09-14

Trade-off: MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper ($0.201 vs $2.31/M); Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) scores higher on intelligence (21.2 vs 20.9).
Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning)MiniMax-M2.1
Speed (tok/s)41.7 measured84.1 measured
Blended $/M$2.31 derived$0.201 derived_list_blend
Intelligence index21.2 measured20.9 measured
TTFT (ms)1489 measured173 measured
Context—205k list
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Claude 4.5 Sonnet (Reasoning) card · MiniMax-M2.1 card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.