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 major jump in real-world capability while maintaining exceptional latency, scalability, and cost efficiency. Compared to its predecessor, M2.1 delivers cleaner, more concise outputs and faster perceived response times. It shows leading multilingual coding performance across major systems and application languages, achieving 49.4% on Multi-SWE-Bench and 72.5% on SWE-Bench Multilingual, and serves as a versatile agent “brain” for IDEs, coding tools, and general-purpose assistance. To avoid degrading this model's performance, MiniMax highly recommends preserving reasoning between turns. Learn more about using reasoning_details to pass back reasoning in our docs.
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3 providers serve this model through the Respan gateway, cheapest first. Copy a model ID to call that route directly.
| Provider | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
NovitaSave 10% novita/minimax/minimax-m2.1 | $0.27/M | $1.08/M |
MiniMax minimax/MiniMax-M2.1 | $0.30/M | $1.20/M |
OpenRouter openrouter/minimax/minimax-m2.1 | $0.30/M | $1.20/M |
Built to meet the security and privacy standards that enterprise and healthcare teams require.
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Averaged across 3 providers, in USD per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.
Total cost from 0 to 1T tokens on the cheapest and most expensive provider.
30-day averages per provider from requests through the Respan gateway, best first.
42tokens/sbest, on MiniMax
1.5sbest, on OpenRouter
13 published scores for MiniMax M2.1 from 2 sources. Each score links to where it was published. Percentages are out of 100. Arena ratings are Elo, marked between the lowest and highest rated model on each leaderboard.
21.1/ 100#88 of 138 ranked models
95% interval 13.3 to 37.3. Measured in 3 of 5 categories.
Use MiniMax M2.1 in the tools you already run. Each guide points the app at the Respan gateway, then you pick this model.
Setup guides for more apps are in the integration docs.
ISO 27001
The internationally recognized standard for information security management.
SOC 2
Secure, compliant management of your data across all of our systems.
GDPR
Operated under GDPR, the world's strictest standard for data privacy.
HIPAA
HIPAA compliant, with a BAA available for healthcare teams.
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