compare/O4-MinivsMiniMax M2.7

O4-Mini vs MiniMax M2.7

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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 O4-Mini
openai/o4-mini
MiniMax M2.7
minimax/m2.7
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Familyo-seriesMiniMax M
Modalitytexttext
Context window200,000 tok128,000 tok
Max output100,000 tok4,096 tok
Released2026-05-222026-05-22
Input price$1.10 /1M$0.300 /1M
Output price$4.40 /1M$1.20 /1M
Cache read
Toolsyes
Streamingyesyes
Vision
JSON modeyes
Reasoningyes
Prompt caching
O4-Mini
openai/o4-mini
Full spec →

OpenAI's fast, lightweight reasoning model optimized for multi-step problem solving at lower cost.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
MiniMax M2.7
minimax/m2.7
Full spec →

MiniMax's M2.7 language model with multilingual capabilities.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try O4-Mini
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/o4-mini",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try MiniMax M2.7 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m2.7",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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