MiniMax-M2.1
Summary
MiniMax-M2.1 is an open-weight language model from MiniMax, released on 23 Dec 2025. It accepts text and generates text, with a 205K-token context window and up to 131K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens (MiniMax API), across 6 providers we track. It is scheduled for retirement on 8 Oct 2026.
Earlier MiniMax agent model for practical coding and productivity tasks
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | MiniMax |
|---|---|
| Release date | 23 Dec 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | modified-mit [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 229B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 205K (204,800 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 131K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 1 Jan 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Retirement date | 8 Oct 2026 [OpenRouter] |
| Hugging Face | MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1 [Hugging Face] |
MiniMax-M2.1 API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax API MiniMax-M2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.03 | 205K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock minimax.minimax-m2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | – | 197K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Novita AI minimax/minimax-m2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.03 | 205K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | – | 205K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel AI Gateway minimax/minimax-m2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.03 | 205K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter minimax/minimax-m2.1 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.03 | 205K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 has a context window of 204,800 tokens (205K) and can generate up to 131,072 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the MiniMax-M2.1 API cost?
Through MiniMax API, MiniMax-M2.1 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is MiniMax-M2.1 open source?
MiniMax-M2.1 is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1 under the modified-mit license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was MiniMax-M2.1 released?
MiniMax released MiniMax-M2.1 on 23 Dec 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer MiniMax-M2.1?
We track MiniMax-M2.1 on 6 providers: MiniMax API, Amazon Bedrock, Novita AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Vercel AI Gateway, OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-m2.1
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M2.1.toml
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/minimax.minimax-m2.1.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/minimax/minimax-m2.1.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/huggingface/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/minimax/minimax-m2.1.toml