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MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is a lightweight, state-of-the-art large language model optimized for coding, agentic workflows, and modern application development. $0.30 per million input tokens, $1.20 per million output tokens. 204,800 token context window, maximum output of 131,072 tokens. Higher uptime with 2 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

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Overview

Model specifications

Context
204,800 tokens
Maximum output
131,072 tokens
Architecture
text->text
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Input
$0.3
/M tokens
Output
$1.2
/M tokens
Cache read
$0.03
/M tokens
API

Model configuration

Default parameters

temperature
1
top_p
0.9

Reasoning

Moderated
Yes
Default parameters
No
API

Quick start

Call this exact model ID through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API.

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/minimax-m2.1","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'
Capabilities

Input → Output

Input
text
Output
text
Reasoning

No

API

Supported API parameters

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoningmax_tokenspresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstoptemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_p
Available providers

3 providers

Live providers on OpenRouter

Provider availability, latency, throughput and routing can change continuously. Open the source page for current operational data.

OpenRouter

Novita

fp8
Context
205K
Maximum output
131K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.030
Cache write
Not provided

Minimax

fp8
Context
205K
Maximum output
131K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.030
Cache write
Not provided

Minimax

fp8
Context
205K
Maximum output
131K
Input
$0.300
Output
$2.40
Cache read
$0.030
Cache write
Not provided
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