MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax released 2025-12-23
$0.525 per million tokens, balanced
No independent quality score.
No benchmark we track has measured this model. That is not the same as measuring it and finding it wanting — we simply cannot rank it, so we do not.
Every price dimension
| Input | $0.300/M |
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| Output | $1.20/M |
| Cached input | $0.030/M |
Independent scores
| LMArena Elo | 1391.1preview |
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Sources are listed separately rather than averaged. Across the 62 models both have scored they correlate at r = 0.806 — close agreement overall, but four models rank very differently between them, and a blended score would hide exactly those.
Capability
| Context window | 205K |
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| Max output | 131K |
| Input modes | text |
| Tool use | yes |
| Reasoning | always on |
Provenance
| Price source | openrouter.ai |
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| Fetched | 2026-08-24 |
| Quality data | unrated |
MiniMax-M2.1 is a lightweight, state-of-the-art large language model optimized for coding, agentic workflows, and modern application development. With only 10 billion activated parameters, it delivers a major jump in real-world...