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Claude Opus 4.6 vs MiniMax M2.1
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.6 offers 127.3K more tokens in context window than MiniMax M2.1. MiniMax M2.1 is $28.70 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.6 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4.6 is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6, released by Anthropic in February 2026, is a large language model from the Claude 4 family designed for complex agent orchestration, extended reasoning, and long-form code generation. It features a 200K token context window (extendable to 1M tokens in beta), 128K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking with both standard and adaptive effort modes. Opus 4.6 targets multi-step agentic workflows, parallel tool use, and applications requiring sustained reasoning over large contexts.
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MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1, released by MiniMax on December 23, 2025, is a large language model with approximately 230 billion parameters featuring strong multi-language programming capabilities and an industry-leading multilingual coding profile. It features a 196K token context window and is optimized for complex real-world software engineering tasks across Rust, Java, Golang, C++, TypeScript, and other languages. M2.1 targets agentic coding workflows and applications requiring production-grade programming across diverse language environments.
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MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
2025-12-23
Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic
2026-02
Pricing Comparison
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Claude Opus 4.6
Input:$5.00
Output:$25.00
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MiniMax M2.1
Input:$0.20
Output:$1.10($28.70 cheaper)
Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Claude Opus 4.6
2025-05
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Claude Opus 4.6
3 providers
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
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MiniMax M2.1
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Claude Opus 4.6
Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:3
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MiniMax M2.1
Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1