GPT-5.2 vs MiniMax M2.5 (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GPT-5.2 vs. MiniMax M2.5
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Overview
GPT-5.2 was released 2 months before MiniMax M2.5.
 GPT-5.2 |  MiniMax M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | OpenAI | MiniMax |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 400K tokens | 204.8K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 128K tokens | 196.6K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | December 10, 2025 7 months ago December 10th, 2025 | February 12, 2026 5 months ago February 12th, 2026 |
Capabilities & Features
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GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📁File🖼️Image📝Text | 📝Text |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | OptionalEffort: Extra High, High, Medium, Low, NoneDefault: Medium | Always enabled |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | GPT | Other |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Proprietary | Available on HuggingFace → |
Pricing
GPT-5.2 is roughly 11.7x more expensive compared to MiniMax M2.5 for input tokens and roughly 15.6x more expensive for output tokens.
| GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $1.75 per million tokens | $0.15 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $14.00 per million tokens | $0.90 per million tokens |
Web Search Cost Additional cost for each web search operation | $0.01 per search | Not specified |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.17 per million tokens | $0.05 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
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| GPT-5.2 | MiniMax M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,253 Elo (#33 in Game Dev (56.0% win rate)) | 1,252 Elo (#31 in Website (57.5% win rate)) |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GPT-5.2 and MiniMax M2.5 unique.
GPT-5.2 by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 400K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.75/M input and $14.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released December 10th, 2025.MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 204.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.15/M input and $0.90/M output tokens. Released February 12th, 2026.Explore More Comparisons
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