MiniMax-M1 vs Sonar Reasoning Pro
MiniMax vs Perplexity — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Sonar Reasoning Pro has the higher intelligence index (95.7 vs 61.5)
- •MiniMax-M1 is cheaper ($0.40 vs $2.00 per 1M input)
- •MiniMax-M1 has a larger context window (1M)
| MiniMax-M1 | Sonar Reasoning Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 61.5 | 95.7 |
| Developer | MiniMax | Perplexity |
| Type | LLM | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.40 / 1M | $2.00 / 1M |
| Output price | $2.20 / 1M | $8.00 / 1M |
| Speed | — | — |
| Released | June 16, 2025 | March 7, 2025 |
| Parameters | 456B (45.9B active) | — |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |