Context
1M
Max output
131K
Serving providers
4
Cheapest input
$0.27 /1M
Prices are on-demand list rates. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face leaderboards
Speed & latency
Output speed
73 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
5.09s
latency
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
CritPt0%default
EvalComputeProxy19.5default
GPQA Diamond83%default
Humanity's Last Exam22%default
IFBench70%default
LiveCodeBench81%default
Long-Context Reasoning59%default
MMLU-Pro87%default
Omniscience-32.8default
SciCode41%default
SWE-bench Pro37%default
SWE-bench Verified74%default
TerminalBench Hard29%default
τ²-bench85%default

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand

Input pricing runs from $0.27 to $0.30 per 1M tokens across 4 providers, so the dearest route costs 11% more than the cheapest for the same model.

Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
OpenRouterCheapest$0.27$1.201
ComponentUnitStandardBatchCached
Text cached in/1M tok$0
Text cache write/1M tok$0
Text input/1M tok$0.2700
Text output/1M tok$1.20
Gmi$0.30$1.201
Minimax$0.30$1.201
Novita$0.30$1.201

Price history

input + output $/1M since we started tracking
Input Output
Input down 10% since first tracked
$0.000$0.500$1.00$1.50Dec 23Jan 13Jan 21Jan 29Jun 22$1.20$0.270

Cost calculator

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$150
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Model IDs

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openrouter/minimax/minimax-m2.1gmi/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1minimax/MiniMax-M2.1novita/minimax/minimax-m2.1

Frequently asked questions

MiniMax M2.1 pricing, context and availability

How much does MiniMax M2.1 cost?

MiniMax M2.1 costs $0.27 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens at its cheapest provider via OpenRouter. Across 4 serving providers, input prices range from $0.27 to $0.30 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of MiniMax M2.1?

MiniMax M2.1 accepts up to 1M tokens of context and can return up to 131K output tokens.

Which providers serve MiniMax M2.1?

MiniMax M2.1 is available from 4 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. OpenRouter is currently the cheapest.

What can MiniMax M2.1 do?

MiniMax M2.1 supports image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and structured output.

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