# MiniMax-01

> MiniMax-01 is an open-weight language model from MiniMax, released on 15 Jan 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 900K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/minimax-01
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** MiniMax
- **Release date:** 15 Jan 2025 (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Status:** Generally available
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Context window:** 1M (1,000,192 tokens) (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Max output:** 900K tokens (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** 31 Mar 2024 (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Output:** Text (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Structured output:** No (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-01)
- **Hugging Face:** MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Text-01

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $0.20 | $1.10 | – | 1M |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of MiniMax-01?

MiniMax-01 has a context window of 1,000,192 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 900,172 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.

### How much does the MiniMax-01 API cost?

MiniMax-01 is listed from $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is MiniMax-01 open source?

MiniMax-01 is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Text-01. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was MiniMax-01 released?

MiniMax released MiniMax-01 on 15 Jan 2025, according to OpenRouter.

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