Is Claude Haiku 4.5 or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.34 vs $5.43 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 4.5 or MiniMax-M2.1?

Claude Haiku 4.5 has the larger context window (200K tokens).

Claude Haiku 4.5 vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Haiku 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Haiku 4.5 or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Haiku 4.5	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$1.09	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$5.43	$1.34
Context window	200K	196K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Oct 2025	Dec 2025

Claude Haiku 4.5 details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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