MiniMax M2 vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

MiniMax M2 at $0.293 in and $1.17 out and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at $0.414 in and $0.460 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

MiniMax M2

MiniMax

0.24¢

for a client proposal

$0.293 in · $1.17 out / 1M

205K context · released October 2025

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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

0.24¢

for a client proposal

$0.414 in · $0.460 out / 1M

33K context · released September 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.48¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: MiniMax M2 at $0.293 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at $0.460 per million tokens.
Largest context: MiniMax M2 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

0.12¢

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

0.11¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

MiniMax M2

0.24¢

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

0.24¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

MiniMax M2

$0.05

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

MiniMax M2

1.1¢

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

MiniMax M2

needs 250K ctx

Qwen2.5 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

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MiniMax M2

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

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Pricing

MiniMax M2

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.293

$0.414

Output / 1M tokens

$1.17

$0.460

Specs

MiniMax M2

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Provider

MiniMax

Qwen

Released

October 2025

September 2024

Context window

205K

33K

Max output

131K

16K

Input

Text

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

MiniMax

0.12¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Qwen

0.11¢

for this task

78% input · 22% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.22¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,241 of these.

Which should you pick?

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

On price, MiniMax M2 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.24¢.

If you want to watch the model think, MiniMax M2 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 →

MiniMax M2 pricing →Qwen2.5 72B Instruct pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2 or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): MiniMax M2 at 0.24¢; Qwen2.5 72B Instruct at 0.24¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

MiniMax M2 — 205K tokens, about 290 pages.

Can I run MiniMax M2 and Qwen2.5 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 0.48¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.48¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.