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MiniMax M2.5 vs GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal: API price, context & features · api14

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

A side-by-side comparison of MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 ($1.05 / 1M tokens) and Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal ($1.30 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5	Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal
Provider	MiniMax	Z.ai
Input	$1.05 / 1M tokens	$1.30 / 1M tokens
Output	$4.20 / 1M tokens	$4.38 / 1M tokens
Cache read	$0.21 / 1M tokens	$0.26 / 1M tokens
Context window	204,800	1,048,576
Max output	58,982	131,072
Input	text	text, image, video
Output	text	text
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Feb 12, 2026	Nov 2, 2026

Key differences

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 is 19% cheaper on input tokens.
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal reads 5.1× more context (1,048,576 tokens).
A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00315 with MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 and $0.00348 with Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal.

Switch with one string

Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "minimax/minimax-m2.5" to "z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx-legal" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 details & playground →Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx-legal",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Specifications

Key differences

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