MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed vs Trinity Large Preview vs DeepSeek OCR 2
Too close to call on our weighted score (Trinity Large Preview 34, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 34, DeepSeek OCR 2 15). The right pick depends on what you value most.
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
34/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $2.40
- Context205K
Arcee AITrinity Large Preview
34/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context524K
DeepSeekDeepSeek OCR 2
15/100- ECI—
- Price$0.89 / $1.47
- Context8K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Trinity Large Preview 34/100, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 34/100, DeepSeek OCR 2 15/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: DeepSeek OCR 2 on price and Trinity Large Preview for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceDeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek OCR 2 $1.03 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed $1.05 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Trinity Large Preview unpriced
- Longest contextTrinity Large PreviewTrinity Large Preview 524,288 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 204,800 · DeepSeek OCR 2 8,192 tokens
- Widest inputsDeepSeek OCR 2MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: Text · Trinity Large Preview: Text · DeepSeek OCR 2: Text, Images
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed | Trinity Large Preview | DeepSeek OCR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 35 | 25 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 32 | 49 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 34/100 | 34/100 | 15/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMax | Trinity Large PreviewArcee AI | DeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.60 (best) | — | $0.89 |
| Output | $2.40 | — | $1.47 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.06 | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.05 | — | $1.03 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — | Same rate |
| Price source | Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API | — | Median of 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 204,800 tokens | 524,288 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens | 262,144 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 | Open |
| API model ID | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed | — | — |
| API providers | 7 (best) | 1 | 2 |
| Released | Feb 13, 2026 | Jan 27, 2026 | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed$10.80
- Trinity Large Preview—
- DeepSeek OCR 2$11.83
Which should you choose?
Which is better: MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, Trinity Large Preview or DeepSeek OCR 2?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Trinity Large Preview 34/100, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 34/100, DeepSeek OCR 2 15/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: DeepSeek OCR 2 on price and Trinity Large Preview for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, Trinity Large Preview or DeepSeek OCR 2?
DeepSeek OCR 2 is cheaper at $0.89 input / $1.47 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.03 per million tokens for DeepSeek OCR 2 versus $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (1× as much). Trinity Large Preview has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed has not been scored yet, Trinity Large Preview has not been scored yet and DeepSeek OCR 2 has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed, Trinity Large Preview and DeepSeek OCR 2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that DeepSeek OCR 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Trinity Large Preview has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed and 8,192 for DeepSeek OCR 2. Maximum output per response: MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed up to 131,072, Trinity Large Preview up to 262,144, DeepSeek OCR 2 up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed accepts text; Trinity Large Preview accepts text; DeepSeek OCR 2 accepts text and images. DeepSeek OCR 2 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (OpenMDW-1.1), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed is the newest, released Feb 13, 2026. Trinity Large Preview came out Jan 27, 2026; DeepSeek OCR 2 came out Jan 27, 2026.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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