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| 3 models | minimaxMiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Remove × | googleGoogle: Gemini 4 ArgonRemove × | openaiOpenAI: GPT-6 LunaRemove × |
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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. | Can turn reasoning off for high-volume requests; Chat Completions tool calls require reasoning_effort=none. |
| Date | Dec 23, 2025Listed | Sep 30, 2026Released | Sep 22, 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 | $0.05 in / $0.25 out/ 1M tokensOpenAI · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗openai/flex · tier=flex · prompt ≤ 272000 tokens |
| Provider endpoints | 3 endpoints → | 8 endpoints → | 9 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | |||
| AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2 | Not reported | 52.56 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 38.12 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-Briefcase ↗1.1 | Not reported | 1,485.76 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 1,334.83 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| GDPval-AA ↗2.1 | Not reported | 1,623.11 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 1,431.86 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 77.51% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 53.17% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗ | Not reported | 57.07% ↗Effort: high · HighHarness unreportedIndependent result | 12.63% ↗Effort: max · MaxHarness unreportedIndependent result |
| SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 61.81% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: high · HighIndependent result | 54.63% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 57.09% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 38.51% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 21.8% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 22.8% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 27.14% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: high · HighIndependent result | 19.43% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 42.35 ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 0.65 ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent result |
| AA-LCR ↗1.1 | Not reported | 79.67% ↗Effort: high · HighIndependent result | 83.33% ↗Effort: max · MaxIndependent 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 | 69.4% ↗Effort: max · 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 | 82.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Research ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 83.1% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 43.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Browser Use ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 92% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 72% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Coding ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 89.7% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 84.5% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Agentic ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 69.9% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 48.1% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Data Analysis ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 85.2% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 73.4% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
| LiveBench Reasoning ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02) | Not reported | 95.1% ↗Effort: high · single runIndependent result | 81.8% ↗Effort: max · single runIndependent result |
Specifications | |||
| Context window | 204.8K | 1M | 1.1M |
| Max output | 131.1K | 943.7K | 128K |
| Parameters | — | — | — |
| Tool calling | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Structured output | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Image input | Not reported | Supported | Supported |
| Audio input | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Video input | Not reported | Supported | Not reported |
| Reasoning | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Prompt caching | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Open weights | Supported | Not reported | Not reported |