GLM 5.2 vs MiniMax-01 (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GLM 5.2 vs. MiniMax-01
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Overview
MiniMax-01 was released 1 year before GLM 5.2.
 GLM 5.2 |  MiniMax-01 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Z.AI | MiniMax |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 1M tokens | 1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 131.1K tokens | 1M tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | June 16, 2026 1 month ago June 16th, 2026 | January 15, 2025 1 year ago January 15th, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | Not reported | March 31, 2024 |
Capabilities & Features
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GLM 5.2 | MiniMax-01 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 📝Text🖼️Image |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Enabled by defaultEffort: Extra High, HighDefault: High | Not reported |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Other | Other |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation | Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Available on HuggingFace → |
Pricing
GLM 5.2 is roughly 1.9x more expensive compared to MiniMax-01 for input tokens and roughly 1.1x more expensive for output tokens.
| GLM 5.2 | MiniMax-01 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.38 per million tokens | $0.20 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $1.19 per million tokens | $1.10 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.07 per million tokens | Not specified |
Benchmarks
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| GLM 5.2 | MiniMax-01 | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 52.6 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 68.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 45.7 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,362 Elo (#4 in 3D (59.7% win rate)) | Benchmark not available. |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GLM 5.2 and MiniMax-01 unique.
GLM 5.2 by Z.AI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Very affordable at $0.38/M input and $1.19/M output tokens. Released June 16th, 2026.MiniMax-01 by MiniMax understands both text and images. It can handle standard conversations with its 1M token context window. Very affordable at $0.20/M input and $1.10/M output tokens. Released January 15th, 2025.Explore More Comparisons
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