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GPT-5.6 Terra vs MiniMax M2

Side-by-side specs, pricing and capabilities. Both models run on Clade under one subscription, so you can switch between them in the same conversation.

GPT-5.6 Terra comes from OpenAI and MiniMax M2 from MiniMax. The practical difference for most people is context, price, and which input types each one accepts.

GPT-5.6 Terra holds more in a single conversation — 1.1M tokens against 197K — which matters for long documents and large codebases.

MiniMax M2 is the cheaper of the two on input tokens at $0.30 / 1M tokens.

SpecificationGPT-5.6 TerraMiniMax M2
ProviderOpenAIMiniMax
Model IDgpt-5.6-terraMiniMax-M2
Context window1.1M197K
Max output128K10K
Input price$2.00 / 1M tokens$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price$12.00 / 1M tokens$1.00 / 1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff——
Input typesimage, texttext, image, file
Output typesimage, texttext
PlanPremiumFree

Which should you use?

Pick GPT-5.6 Terra when…

  • You need the larger context window — 1.1M against 197K.
  • You want longer single responses — up to 128K output tokens.
GPT-5.6 Terra details

Pick MiniMax M2 when…

  • Cost matters: input runs at $0.30 / 1M tokens versus $2.00 / 1M tokens.
  • You need file input, which the other model does not accept.
  • You are on the free plan — this model is included without an upgrade.
MiniMax M2 details

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Try both on Clade

You do not have to choose. One Clade subscription gives you GPT-5.6 Terra, MiniMax M2, and every other model on the platform.