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| 2 models | minimaxMiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Remove × | googleGoogle: Gemini 4 ArgonRemove × |
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| What’s different | 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… | Long decode can use the unified 1M-token budget for output; reads video, audio and PDFs, with implicit-only caching. |
| Date | Dec 23, 2025Listed | Sep 30, 2026Released |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | ||
| Listed rate | $0.30 in / $1.20 out/ 1M tokensMinimax · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗minimax/fp8 · quantization=fp8 | $1.00 in / $5.00 out/ 1M tokensGoogle AI Studio · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗google-ai-studio/flex · tier=flex |
| Provider endpoints | 3 endpoints → | 8 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | ||
| AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2 | Not reported | 52.56 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| AA-Briefcase ↗1.1 | Not reported | 1,486.44 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| GDPval-AA ↗2.1 | Not reported | 1,623.99 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 77.51% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗ | Not reported | 57.07% ↗Effort: high · HighHarness unreportedIndependent result |
| SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 61.81% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: high · HighIndependent result |
| Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 57.09% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 21.8% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 27.14% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: high · HighIndependent result |
| AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 42.35 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| AA-LCR ↗1.1 | Not reported | 79.67% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result |
| LiveBench ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 84.1% ↗Effort: high · single run · equal mean of 7 suitesIndependent result |
| LiveBench Design ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 73.7% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Research ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 83.1% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Browser Use ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 92% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Coding ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 89.7% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Agentic ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 69.9% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Data Analysis ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 85.2% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Reasoning ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 95.1% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result |
Specifications | ||
| Context window | 204.8K | 1M |
| Max output | 131.1K | 65.5K |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported |
| Structured output | Supported | Supported |
| Image input | Not reported | Supported |
| Audio input | Not reported | Supported |
| Video input | Not reported | Supported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported |
| Prompt caching | Supported | Supported |
| Open weights | Supported | Not reported |