Is Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.5 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.92 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 has the larger context window (196K tokens).

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	MiniMax-M2.5
Provider	CloudFerro Sherlock	CloudFerro Sherlock
Input / 1M tokens	$2.92	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$2.92	$1.20
Context window	70K	196K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Dec 2024	Mar 2026

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