API cost decision in 10 seconds

GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2

Pick MiniMax M2 when budget and context both matter.

Pricing data updated: 2026-05-26 13:57 UTC Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output

Budget verdict

Pick MiniMax M2 when budget and context both matter.

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, MiniMax M2 is estimated at $0.76 vs $3.2 for GLM 5V Turbo, saving $2.45 (76.4% lower).

Cost-first pickMiniMax M2

Context-first pickMiniMax M2

Sample savings$2.4576.4%

10x traffic gap$24.45

MiniMax M2 is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $24.45. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.

Cost sensitivity

Workload Sensitivity

Same prices, different token mixes.

MiniMax M2 stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.

Workload shape	Token mix	Better pick	GLM 5V Turbo	MiniMax M2
Input-heavy / RAG	5M input + 500K output	MiniMax M2	$8	$1.77
Balanced workload	1M input + 1M output	MiniMax M2	$5.2	$1.25
Output-heavy chatbot	1M input + 5M output	MiniMax M2	$21.2	$5.25

Cheaper inputMiniMax M2$1.2 vs $0.26 / 1M

Cheaper outputMiniMax M2$4 vs $1 / 1M

Larger contextMiniMax M2202.75K vs 204.8K

Sample workloadMiniMax M2$3.2 vs $0.76

Estimate your workload cost

Your Workload Cost

Prices are normalized to USD per 1M tokens.

Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokens

GLM 5V TurboCalculating…Estimated API cost

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This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.

Quick Decision

Verdict

MiniMax M2 has the lower input price, MiniMax M2 has the lower output price, and MiniMax M2 offers the larger context window.

For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $3.2 for GLM 5V Turbo and $0.76 for MiniMax M2.

Best Fit

Choose GLM 5V Turbo when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.

Choose MiniMax M2 when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.

Head-to-Head Specs

Feature	GLM 5V Turbo (Z.ai)	MiniMax M2 (MiniMax)
Input Price prompt tokens per 1M	$1.2	$0.26
Completion Price per 1M tokens	$4	$1
Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output	$3.2	$0.76
Context Window	202.75K	204.8K
Release Date	2026-04-01	2025-10-23

GLM 5V Turbo

GLM-5V-Turbo is Z.ai’s first native multimodal agent foundation model, built for vision-based coding and agent-driven tasks. It natively handles image, video, and text inputs, excels at long-horizon planning, complex coding,...

MiniMax M2

MiniMax-M2 is a compact, high-efficiency large language model optimized for end-to-end coding and agentic workflows. With 10 billion activated parameters (230 billion total), it delivers near-frontier intelligence across general reasoning,...

Use-Case Decision Matrix

Use case	Better pick	Why
Budget-constrained production	MiniMax M2	On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, MiniMax M2 is estimated at $0.76 vs $3.2 for GLM 5V Turbo, saving $2.45 (76.4% lower).
High-volume input processing	MiniMax M2	Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill.
Long responses and chatbots	MiniMax M2	Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens.
RAG or long-document work	MiniMax M2	A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files.