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DeepSeek: R1 0528 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2

Compare DeepSeek: R1 0528 and MiniMax: MiniMax M2 by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

Onebase URL to migrate

100sof models and routes

Noneprompt logs by default

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

MiniMax: MiniMax M2 has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. DeepSeek: R1 0528 has more provider fallback routes, while MiniMax: MiniMax M2 has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show MiniMax: MiniMax M2 with the lower p50 TTFT.

$2.7825/1MDeepSeek: R1 0528 cheapest route

$1.575/1MMiniMax: MiniMax M2 cheapest route

4269 msDeepSeek: R1 0528 measured p50 TTFT

3604 msMiniMax: MiniMax M2 measured p50 TTFT

DeepSeek: R1 0528MiniMax: MiniMax M2

Model iddeepseek/deepseek-r1-0528minimax/minimax-m2

PublisherDeepSeekNovita AI

AI IQ — —

Context163,840 tokens204,800 tokens

Provider routes54

Cheapest route$2.7825/1M$1.575/1M

Privacy postureprovider posture variesprovider posture varies

Modes chat chat

DeepSeek: R1 0528 routes

Overview5 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

MiniMax: MiniMax M2 routes

Overview4 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528",
    messages=messages,
)