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Comparison of MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1, MiniMax: MiniMax M3
2 modelsminimaxMiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Remove ×minimaxMiniMax: MiniMax 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 multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...
DateDec 23, 2025ListedMay 31, 2026Listed
Listed rate$0.30 in / $1.20 out/ 1M tokensMinimax · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗minimax/fp8 · quantization=fp8$0.224 in / $0.88 out/ 1M tokensDeepInfra · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗deepinfra/fp8/flex · tier=flex · quantization=fp8
Provider endpoints3 endpoints →15 endpoints →
Context window204.8K1M
Max output131.1K512K
Parameters——
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputSupportedSupported
Image inputNot reportedSupported
Video inputNot reportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
Prompt cachingSupportedSupported
Open weightsSupportedSupported

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