MiniMax-01 vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
MiniMax vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •MiniMax-01 is cheaper ($0.20 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •MiniMax-01 has a larger context window (1M)
| MiniMax-01 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | — | 95.7 |
| Developer | MiniMax | Perplexity |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 1,000,192 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.20 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.10 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | January 15, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |