MiniMax M2.7 vs GLM 4.6V

MiniMax M2.7 at $0.310 in and $1.24 out and GLM 4.6V at $0.345 in and $1.03 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

0.25¢

for a client proposal

$0.310 in · $1.24 out / 1M

205K context · released 6 months ago

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GLM 4.6V

Z.ai

0.26¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $1.03 out / 1M

131K context · released December 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: MiniMax M2.7 at $0.310 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: GLM 4.6V at $1.03 per million tokens.
Largest context: MiniMax M2.7 at 205K tokens — about 290 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 M2.7

0.12¢

GLM 4.6V

0.12¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

MiniMax M2.7

0.25¢

GLM 4.6V

0.26¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

MiniMax M2.7

$0.05

GLM 4.6V

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

MiniMax M2.7

1.2¢

GLM 4.6V

1.3¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

MiniMax M2.7

needs 250K ctx

GLM 4.6V

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 M2.7

GLM 4.6V

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

Pricing

MiniMax M2.7

GLM 4.6V

Input / 1M tokens

$0.310

$0.345

Output / 1M tokens

$1.24

$1.03

Cached input / 1M

$0.062

$0.063

Specs

MiniMax M2.7

GLM 4.6V

Provider

MiniMax

Z.ai

Released

6 months ago

December 2025

Context window

205K

131K

Max output

131K

33K

Input

Text

Images, Text, and Video

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

—

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

0.12¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

GLM 4.6V

Z.ai

0.12¢

for this task

57% input · 43% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.24¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,041 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, MiniMax M2.7 has the largest context window here — 205K tokens.

On price, MiniMax M2.7 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.25¢.

For images or files, GLM 4.6V can read them directly; MiniMax M2.7 is text-only.

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 →

MiniMax M2.7 pricing →GLM 4.6V pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.7 or GLM 4.6V?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): MiniMax M2.7 at 0.25¢; GLM 4.6V at 0.26¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

MiniMax M2.7 — 205K tokens, about 290 pages.

Can I run MiniMax M2.7 and GLM 4.6V 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 0.51¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.51¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.