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MiniMax M2.7 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for MiniMax M2.7 (MiniMax) and GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

Pricing
Input $/1M$0.25$5.00
Output $/1M$1.00$30.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$0.438$11.25
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.0095$0.21
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index38.158.9
Coding Index52.677.4
Agentic Index25.654
Output speed (tok/s)5970
Time to first token1.17s112.90s
Specs
Context window205K1.05M
Input modalitiestextfile, image, text

FAQ

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.7 or GPT-5.6 Sol?

MiniMax M2.7 has the lower blended API price at $0.438 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $11.25 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), MiniMax M2.7 costs about $0.0095 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: MiniMax M2.7 offers 205K and GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (58.9 vs 38.1). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.