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| 3 models | minimaxMiniMax: MiniMax-01Remove × | MiniMaxAIMiniMax-M3Remove × | minimaxMiniMax: MiniMax M2.1Remove × |
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| What’s different | MiniMax-01 is a combines MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding. It has 456 billion parameters, with 45.9 billion parameters activated per inference, and can handle a… | MiniMax-M3 is a native multimodal model with 1M context. It has ~428B parameters and ~23B activated parameters. | 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… |
| Date | Jan 15, 2025Listed | Jun 1, 2026Released | Dec 23, 2025Listed |
API prices USD · provider configuration shown below | |||
| Listed rate | $0.20 in / $1.10 out/ 1M tokensMinimax · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗minimax | $0.28 in / $1.10 out/ 1M tokensdeepinfra · via Hugging Face · all routes ↗ | $0.30 in / $1.20 out/ 1M tokensMinimax · via OpenRouter · all routes ↗minimax/fp8 · quantization=fp8 |
| Provider endpoints | 2 endpoints → | 7 endpoints → | 3 endpoints → |
Benchmarks Each result retains its evaluation configuration | |||
| AA Intelligence ↗4.3.2 | Not reported | 29.22 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-Briefcase ↗1.1 | Not reported | 1,090.37 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| GDPval-AA ↗2.1 | Not reported | 1,242.47 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AutomationBench-AA ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 21.25% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 · AA ↗ | Not reported | 2.02% ↗Effort not specifiedHarness unreportedIndependent result | Not reported |
| SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 47.11% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| Humanity’s Last Exam ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 38.97% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 9.8% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 3.71% ↗AA · Under reviewEffort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection | Not reported | 1.35 ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
| AA-LCR ↗1.1 | Not reported | 83% ↗Effort not specifiedIndependent result | Not reported |
Specifications | |||
| Context window | 1M | 1M | 204.8K |
| Max output | 900.2K | — | 131.1K |
| Parameters | — | — | — |
| Tool calling | Not reported | Supported | Supported |
| Structured output | Not reported | Supported | Supported |
| Image input | Supported | Supported | Not reported |
| Reasoning | Not reported | Supported | Supported |
| Prompt caching | Not reported | Not reported | Supported |
| Open weights | Supported | Supported | Supported |