MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

MiniMax M2.5 at $0.253 in and $1.03 out and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct at $0.287 in and $0.863 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax

0.21¢

for a client proposal

$0.253 in · $1.03 out / 1M

197K context · released 6 months ago

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Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Qwen

0.21¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $0.863 out / 1M

32K context · released February 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.42¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: MiniMax M2.5 at $0.253 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct at $0.863 per million tokens.
Largest context: MiniMax M2.5 at 197K tokens — about 280 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 M2.5

0.1¢

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

0.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

MiniMax M2.5

0.21¢

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

0.21¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

MiniMax M2.5

4.3¢

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

MiniMax M2.5

0.99¢

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

MiniMax M2.5

needs 250K ctx

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

MiniMax M2.5

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

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

Pricing

MiniMax M2.5

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.253

$0.287

Output / 1M tokens

$1.03

$0.863

Cached input / 1M

$0.058

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Specs

MiniMax M2.5

Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Provider

MiniMax

Qwen

Released

6 months ago

February 2025

Context window

197K

32K

Max output

197K

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Input

Text

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2024-06-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax

0.1¢

for this task

49% input · 51% output

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Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

Qwen

0.1¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.2¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,463 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, MiniMax M2.5 has the largest context window here — 197K tokens.

On price, MiniMax M2.5 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.21¢.

For images or files, Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct can read them directly; MiniMax M2.5 is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, MiniMax M2.5 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 M2.5 or Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): MiniMax M2.5 at 0.21¢; Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct at 0.21¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

MiniMax M2.5 — 197K tokens, about 280 pages.

Can I run MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct 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 0.42¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.42¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.