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Grok 4 vs MiniMax-01 (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Grok 4 vs. MiniMax-01
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Overview

MiniMax-01 was released 5 months before Grok 4.
Grok 4Grok 4
MiniMax-01MiniMax-01
Model Provider
The organization behind this AI's development
XAI logoXAI
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Input Context Window
Maximum input tokens this model can process at once
256K
tokens
1M
tokens
Output Token Limit
Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once
Not specified
tokens
1M
tokens
Release Date
When this model first became publicly available
July 9th, 2025
January 15th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
Grok 4
MiniMax-01
Input Types
Supported input formats
🖼️Image📝Text
📝Text🖼️Image
Output Types
Supported output formats
📝Text
📝Text
Tokenizer
Text encoding system
GrokOther
Key Features
Advanced capabilities
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source
Model availability
ProprietaryAvailable on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Grok 4 is roughly 15.0x more expensive compared to MiniMax-01 for input tokens and roughly 13.6x more expensive for output tokens.
Grok 4Grok 4
MiniMax-01MiniMax-01
Input Token Cost
Cost per million input tokens
$3.00
per million tokens
$0.20
per million tokens
Output Token Cost
Cost per million outut tokens
$15.00
per million tokens
$1.10
per million tokens

Benchmarks

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Grok 4Grok 4
MiniMax-01MiniMax-01
MMLU
Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
MMMU
Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag
Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations
Benchmark not available.
Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Grok 4 and MiniMax-01 unique.
XAI logoGrok 4 by XAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 256K token context window. Premium pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released July 9th, 2025.
MiniMax logoMiniMax-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.

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