LLM Reference

MiniMax M2.1

Released
2025-12-01
Last refreshed
2026-06-29
Status
Researched 47d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedRAGLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

MiniMax M2.1 is worth evaluating for rag, long context, and classification when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, long context, and classification
  • Workloads that can use a 200k context window
  • Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Released
2025-12-01
Context
200k
Openness
Open source
License
MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Unknown
Code
Unknown
Created by

Developing AI for gaming and entertainment.

Minhang, Shanghai, China
Founded 2021
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.950
Input / 1M
$0.290

Cheapest of 4 routes · OpenRouter

About

MiniMax M2.1 is MiniMax's MiniMax M2 model. It offers a 200K-token context window.

MiniMax M2.1 is an open-source model in the MiniMax M2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 200k-token context window and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, and 1 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.29 input and $0.95 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for MiniMax M2.1 yet.

Top use-case fit

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Classification

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare all 4

Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCacheRoute
OpenRouter$0.290$0.950-
Serverless
AWS Bedrock$0.300$1.20-
Serverless
Novita AI$0.300$1.20-
Serverless
Vercel AI Gateway$0.300$1.20read $0.030
Serverless

Available via routers & gateways(1)

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of MiniMax M2.1?

MiniMax M2.1 has a context window of 200k tokens.

How much does MiniMax M2.1 cost?

MiniMax M2.1 pricing ranges from $0.29/1M to $0.3/1M input tokens depending on the provider.

When was MiniMax M2.1 released?

MiniMax M2.1 was released on 2025-12-01.

Which providers offer MiniMax M2.1?

MiniMax M2.1 is available from 4 providers: AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Novita AI.