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Comparison of MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1, MiniMax-M3
2 modelsminimaxMiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Remove ×MiniMaxAIMiniMax-M3Remove ×
What’s differentMiniMax-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…MiniMax-M3 is a native multimodal model with 1M context. It has ~428B parameters and ~23B activated parameters.
DateDec 23, 2025ListedJun 1, 2026Released
Listed rate$0.30 in / $1.20 out/ 1M tokensMinimax · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗minimax/fp8 · quantization=fp8$0.28 in / $1.10 out/ 1M tokensdeepinfra · via Hugging Face · all routes ↗
Provider endpoints3 endpoints →7 endpoints →
AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2Not reported29.22 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
AA-Briefcase ↗1.1Not reported1,090.37 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
GDPval-AA ↗2.1Not reported1,242.47 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported21.25% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗Not reported2.02% ↗Effort not specifiedHarness unreportedIndependent result
SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported47.11% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result
Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported38.97% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported9.8% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported3.71% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result
AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collectionNot reported1.35 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
AA-LCR ↗1.1Not reported83% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result
Context window204.8K1M
Max output131.1K—
Parameters——
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputSupportedSupported
Image inputNot reportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
Prompt cachingSupportedNot reported
Open weightsSupportedSupported

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