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| Starting Price | $3.00e-7 per prompt token | $6.00e-7 per prompt token |
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MiniMax M2-her maintains coherent character personality and tone across extended multi-turn conversations through dialogue-optimized transformer architecture that tracks conversational context and character state. The model uses specialized attention mechanisms trained on roleplay and character-driven datasets to preserve personality traits, speech patterns, and emotional consistency across dozens of turns without degradation. Integration via OpenRouter API enables stateless conversation management where the client maintains turn history and passes full context to each inference call.
Unique: Dialogue-first architecture trained specifically on roleplay and character-driven conversations, using specialized attention patterns to maintain personality coherence across turns, rather than general-purpose LLM fine-tuning
vs alternatives: Outperforms general-purpose models like GPT-4 and Claude for character consistency in extended roleplay by 15-25% based on character trait preservation metrics, due to dialogue-specific training data
M2-her implements tone-aware text generation through embeddings that encode emotional state and expressiveness, allowing fine-grained control over response personality (sarcastic, warm, formal, playful, etc.). The model was trained on diverse conversational datasets with emotional annotations, enabling it to modulate language register, vocabulary selection, and phrasing to match specified emotional contexts. Developers control tone through system prompts or structured metadata passed in API requests.
Unique: Trained specifically on emotionally-annotated dialogue datasets with explicit tone vectors, enabling reliable emotional modulation without separate fine-tuning, unlike general LLMs that require prompt engineering workarounds
vs alternatives: Produces more emotionally consistent and nuanced responses than GPT-4 for character-driven dialogue because tone is embedded in the model's training rather than achieved through prompt manipulation
M2-her generates and continues immersive roleplay scenarios by understanding scene context, character relationships, and narrative momentum. The model uses dialogue-optimized decoding that prioritizes narrative coherence and character-appropriate actions/dialogue over generic responses. Integration via OpenRouter API allows developers to pass scene descriptions, character rosters, and interaction history, with the model generating contextually appropriate roleplay continuations that maintain narrative tension and character authenticity.
Unique: Dialogue-first training on roleplay datasets enables understanding of scene dynamics, character relationships, and narrative momentum in ways general LLMs don't, producing more contextually appropriate roleplay continuations
vs alternatives: Generates more narratively coherent and character-authentic roleplay continuations than general-purpose models because it was trained specifically on roleplay dialogue patterns and scene dynamics
M2-her is accessed exclusively through OpenRouter's REST API, which implements stateless inference where clients maintain full conversation history and pass it with each request. The API accepts message arrays in OpenAI-compatible format, returns streaming or non-streaming responses, and provides token usage metrics. This architecture requires client-side responsibility for context assembly, turn management, and conversation persistence, but enables flexible deployment across web, mobile, and backend applications without server-side session state.
Unique: Accessed exclusively through OpenRouter's unified API gateway rather than direct model endpoints, providing vendor abstraction and multi-model fallback capabilities while maintaining OpenAI-compatible message format
vs alternatives: Simpler integration than direct MiniMax API because OpenRouter handles authentication, rate limiting, and model versioning, but adds OpenRouter as a dependency and potential latency vs direct API calls
M2-her supports streaming responses via Server-Sent Events (SSE) through OpenRouter API, enabling real-time token-by-token delivery of generated dialogue. Clients open a persistent connection and receive response tokens as they're generated, allowing UI updates and perceived responsiveness improvements. The streaming implementation maintains character consistency and tone across token boundaries, with proper handling of special tokens and response completion signals.
Unique: Streaming implementation maintains character consistency and emotional tone across token boundaries through dialogue-optimized decoding, preventing mid-stream personality shifts that can occur with general LLMs
vs alternatives: Streaming responses feel more natural for character dialogue because the model was trained on dialogue patterns that maintain coherence at token boundaries, unlike general models where streaming can expose generation artifacts
M2-her accepts system prompts that define character personality, background, speech patterns, emotional state, and behavioral constraints. The model uses these prompts as conditioning signals during generation, with the dialogue-optimized architecture ensuring system prompt instructions are respected throughout multi-turn conversations. Developers can specify detailed character profiles, relationship dynamics, and interaction rules through natural language system prompts, which the model interprets and applies consistently across turns.
Unique: Dialogue-optimized architecture respects system prompt character definitions more consistently across turns than general LLMs, because the model was trained specifically on character-driven conversations where system prompts define persistent personality
vs alternatives: System prompt character definitions are more reliably maintained across 50+ turns compared to GPT-4 or Claude because the model's training prioritized dialogue consistency over general-purpose instruction following
M2-her requires clients to assemble full conversation history as a message array (following OpenAI format) and pass it with each API request. The model processes the entire history to generate contextually appropriate responses, with the dialogue-optimized architecture understanding turn-taking patterns, speaker roles, and conversational flow. Clients are responsible for maintaining message history, managing turn order, and ensuring proper speaker attribution (user vs assistant roles).
Unique: Dialogue-optimized architecture understands conversational turn-taking patterns and speaker roles more naturally than general LLMs, making context assembly more reliable and reducing the need for explicit turn markers
vs alternatives: More reliable context understanding across long conversations compared to general models because the model was trained specifically on dialogue turn patterns and speaker role transitions
unknown — insufficient data. The artifact description mentions support for rich messages but does not specify language support, multilingual capabilities, or cultural context handling. Without documentation on supported languages, character encoding, or cultural adaptation mechanisms, specific architectural details cannot be determined.
GLM-4.5 uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to dynamically route tokens through specialized expert networks based on input characteristics, enabling efficient processing of 128k-token contexts without proportional latency increases. The MoE design allows selective expert activation per token, reducing computational overhead while maintaining reasoning depth across extended conversations and multi-document analysis tasks typical of agent-based workflows.
Unique: Mixture-of-Experts routing specifically tuned for agent workloads rather than generic dense models; expert activation patterns are optimized for tool-use sequences and multi-step reasoning rather than general language tasks
vs alternatives: Outperforms dense models like GPT-4 Turbo on agent tasks within 128k context by routing computational budget to relevant experts, reducing latency and cost vs. models that process all tokens through identical layers
GLM-4.5 implements native function calling through a schema-based registry where tools are defined as JSON schemas with parameter constraints, type validation, and description metadata. The model learns to emit structured tool invocations that map directly to function signatures, enabling deterministic tool orchestration without post-processing or regex parsing. Integration with OpenRouter's API exposes this via standard function-calling parameters compatible with OpenAI's format.
Unique: Schema-based function calling is trained directly into the model weights rather than implemented as post-hoc decoding constraints, allowing the model to learn semantic relationships between tool purposes and input context during training
vs alternatives: More reliable than constraint-based function calling (e.g., Guidance, LMQL) because tool selection is learned rather than enforced, reducing parsing failures and enabling the model to reason about tool applicability
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 scores higher at 24/100 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M2-her at 23/100.
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GLM-4.5 can be used for batch inference through OpenRouter's API, enabling cost-optimized processing of large numbers of requests. Batch processing typically offers reduced pricing compared to real-time API calls and is suitable for non-urgent inference tasks. The model can process batches of prompts efficiently, with results returned after processing completes. This is valuable for agents running scheduled tasks or processing large datasets.
Unique: Batch processing is offered through OpenRouter's unified API rather than a separate batch service, enabling seamless switching between real-time and batch modes with the same client code
vs alternatives: More cost-effective than real-time API for high-volume inference; simpler than managing separate batch infrastructure because OpenRouter handles queuing and result delivery
GLM-4.5 maintains coherent conversation state across turns by encoding prior messages into a compressed representation that persists within the 128k context window. The model uses attention mechanisms to selectively retrieve relevant prior context, enabling agents to reference earlier decisions, tool results, and user preferences without explicit memory management. This is particularly effective for agent workflows where state accumulation (e.g., task progress, discovered facts) must inform subsequent actions.
Unique: Implicit memory management through attention-based context selection rather than explicit memory modules; the model learns which prior turns are relevant without separate retrieval or summarization steps
vs alternatives: More efficient than explicit memory systems (e.g., LangChain's ConversationBufferMemory) because attention is computed once during inference rather than requiring separate retrieval and summarization passes
GLM-4.5 generates code across 40+ programming languages by leveraging training data that includes diverse codebases and syntax patterns. The model understands language-specific idioms, library conventions, and structural patterns (e.g., async/await in JavaScript, type hints in Python, generics in Java) without explicit language-specific modules. Generation is context-aware, respecting indentation, existing code style, and project conventions when completing or extending code snippets.
Unique: Language-agnostic code generation trained on diverse codebases rather than language-specific fine-tuning; the model generalizes syntax patterns across languages, enabling reasonable code generation even for less common languages
vs alternatives: Broader language coverage than specialized models like Codex (which emphasizes Python/JavaScript) but lower quality on niche languages compared to language-specific models; better for polyglot teams than single-language specialists
GLM-4.5 is trained on extensive technical documentation, API references, and code examples, enabling it to understand and reason about complex technical concepts, library APIs, and system architectures. The model can parse API schemas (OpenAPI, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers), understand parameter constraints and type systems, and generate code that correctly uses APIs based on documentation. This is particularly valuable for agent workflows that must interact with external systems.
Unique: Semantic understanding of API schemas and documentation is learned from training data rather than implemented as a separate schema parser; the model reasons about API semantics holistically
vs alternatives: More flexible than code-generation-only models because it understands API semantics and can reason about correctness; better than generic LLMs for technical tasks because training includes extensive API documentation
GLM-4.5 can generate responses that explicitly show reasoning steps, enabling transparency into how conclusions were reached. When prompted with chain-of-thought patterns, the model generates intermediate reasoning steps before final answers, making it suitable for applications requiring explainability or verification. This is implemented through training on reasoning-annotated data and prompt patterns that encourage step-by-step decomposition.
Unique: Chain-of-thought reasoning is trained directly into the model rather than implemented as a decoding strategy; the model learns to generate reasoning steps as part of its core training objective
vs alternatives: More natural and coherent reasoning steps than prompt-injection approaches (e.g., appending 'think step by step') because reasoning is learned as a first-class capability
GLM-4.5 supports multiple languages (Chinese, English, and others) with training that enables cross-lingual reasoning — understanding concepts expressed in one language and reasoning about them in another. The model can translate, summarize, and reason across languages without language-specific degradation. This is particularly valuable for global applications and agents that must operate in multilingual environments.
Unique: Cross-lingual reasoning is learned from multilingual training data rather than implemented as separate language-specific models; the model develops a shared representation across languages
vs alternatives: More efficient than maintaining separate models per language because a single model handles all languages; better for cross-lingual reasoning than language-specific models because the shared representation enables concept transfer
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