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DeepSeek V4 Pro vs MiniMax M2.5
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated August 2026
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| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 45 69.6 | |
| Family | DeepSeek V4 | MiniMax |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Aug 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens | 197K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.43/M tokens | $0.12/M tokens |
| Output Price | $0.87/M tokens | $0.99/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | DeepSeek API pricing currently lists $0.003625 cache-hit input, $0.435 cache-miss input, and $0.87 output per 1M tokens for deepseek-v4-pro. DeepSeek announced peak/off-peak pricing effective August 16, 2026, with off-peak prices at half the peak rate. | Cache read: $0.0590/M tokens |
| Capabilities | reasoningcodingtool-usestructured-outputlong-contextagenticresponses-api | textcode |
| Max Output | 393K tokens | 66K tokens |
| API Identifier | deepseek-v4-pro | minimax/minimax-m2.5 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 | 44artificial-analysis | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 | 53artificial-analysis | — |
| View DeepSeek V4 Pro | View MiniMax M2.5 | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2.5Cheapest | $0.12 | $0.50 | $0.61 | — |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $0.44 | $0.44 | $0.87 | +42% |
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V4 Pro
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 is an open-weight Mixture-of-Experts reasoning model for long-context coding, tool use, and agentic workloads, with native Responses API support through the DeepSeek API.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax M2.5 is a large language model from MiniMax. Supports up to 196,608 token context window. Available from $0.12/M input tokens.
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