Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed?

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed, at $2.10 per million tokens against $4.20 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $4.20 is the number to beat. MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed: $2.10 at Empirio Labs.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 12 providers sell both: FastRouter, Jiekou, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, MiniMax, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is FastRouter.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 205k tokens in one call.

MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed vs MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed takes 1 of 5 rounds against MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $2.10 per million tokens against $4.20.

MiniMax

MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed

$4.20/M tokens

MiniMax list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.504 per 1,000 pages

205k context · tool calling · open weights

MiniMaxwins 1 rounds

MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed

$2.10/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Empirio Labs · $0.252 per 1,000 pages

205k context · tool calling · open weights

Empirio Labs ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.60/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$2.10/M at Empirio Labs

Standard price (lower wins)

$4.20/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.504

$0.252

Context

205k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

13 Feb 2026

18 Mar 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 12

FastRouter$4.20 / $4.20
Jiekou$4.20 / $4.20
LLM Gateway$4.20 / $4.20
LLMTR$4.20 / $4.20
Merge Gateway$4.20 / $4.20
MiniMax$4.20 / $4.20
MiniMax (China)$4.20 / $4.20
Novita$4.20 / $4.20

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed or MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed?: MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed, at $2.10 per million tokens against $4.20 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $4.20 is the number to beat. MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed: $2.10 at Empirio Labs.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 12 providers sell both: FastRouter, Jiekou, LLM Gateway, LLMTR, Merge Gateway, MiniMax, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is FastRouter.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 205k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.