MiniMax M1 vs Kimi K2 0711

MiniMax M1 at $0.632 in and $2.53 out and Kimi K2 0711 at $0.655 in and $2.65 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

0.52¢

for a client proposal

$0.632 in · $2.53 out / 1M

1M context · released June 2025

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Kimi K2 0711

Moonshot AI

0.54¢

for a client proposal

$0.655 in · $2.65 out / 1M

131K context · released July 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 1.1¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: MiniMax M1 at $0.632 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: MiniMax M1 at $2.53 per million tokens.
Largest context: MiniMax M1 at 1M tokens — about 1,400 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

MiniMax M1

0.25¢

Kimi K2 0711

0.26¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

MiniMax M1

0.52¢

Kimi K2 0711

0.54¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

MiniMax M1

$0.11

Kimi K2 0711

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

MiniMax M1

2.5¢

Kimi K2 0711

2.6¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

MiniMax M1

$0.17

Kimi K2 0711

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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MiniMax M1

Kimi K2 0711

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

MiniMax M1

Kimi K2 0711

Input / 1M tokens

$0.632

$0.655

Output / 1M tokens

$2.53

$2.65

Specs

MiniMax M1

Kimi K2 0711

Provider

MiniMax

Moonshot AI

Released

June 2025

July 2025

Context window

131K

Max output

40K

100K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-06-30

2024-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

0.25¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Kimi K2 0711

Moonshot AI

0.26¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.52¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 968 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, MiniMax M1 has the largest context window here — 1M tokens.

On price, MiniMax M1 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.52¢.

If you want to watch the model think, MiniMax M1 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Kimi K2 0711?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): MiniMax M1 at 0.52¢; Kimi K2 0711 at 0.54¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

MiniMax M1 — 1M tokens, about 1,400 pages.

Can I run MiniMax M1 and Kimi K2 0711 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.1¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.1¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.