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GPT-5 Chat vs MiniMax M2
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Winner summary
GPT-5 Chat wins on 1/1 benchmarks
GPT-5 Chat wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·GPT-5 Chat
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GPT-5 Chat
#4 by perf·#4 by attention
MiniMax M2
#20 by perf·#11 by attention
Best value
MiniMax M2
6.4x better value than GPT-5 Chat
GPT-5 Chat
14.6 pts/$
$5.63/M
MiniMax M2
92.7 pts/$
$0.75/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
GPT-5 ChatMiniMax M2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GPT-5 Chat leads by +83.2
GPT-5 Chat
1426.6
MiniMax M2
1343.4
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Chat | MiniMax M2 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1426.6 | 1343.4 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.25 | $10.00 | 128K tokens (~64 books) | $34.38 | |
| $0.30 | $1.20 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $5.25 |