Compare Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) from Minimax and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free)
Grok 4.5coding-minimax-m2.5-free is a free and open version offered by AIHubMix specifically for MiniMax users. To maintain stable service operations, the following usage limits apply: a maximum of 5 requests per minute, 500 total requests per day, and a daily quota of 1 million tokens.
Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.
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Grok 4.5: 1523; Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free): 1444 (LMArena coding leaderboard).
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) accepts 204,800 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 13,100 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.
Coding MiniMax M2.5 (free) accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.
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