xAI's Opus-class flagship for frontier coding, agentic tool use, and knowledge work.
MiniMax's first-generation model with strong long-context support.
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Both Grok 4.5 and MiniMax 01 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.
MiniMax 01 has a lower blended cost. Grok 4.5: $2.00 input / $6.00 output. MiniMax 01: $0.20 input / $1.10 output.
MiniMax 01 has a larger context window: Grok 4.5 supports 500K tokens vs MiniMax 01 at 1M tokens.
Yes, both Grok 4.5 and MiniMax 01 support vision/image input.
Key differences: MiniMax 01 is significantly cheaper; only Grok 4.5 offers extended reasoning mode. Compare full specs on this page.
If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Grok 4.5 and MiniMax 01 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.