MiniMax-M2.1

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MiniMax-M2.1 from MiniMax: Earlier MiniMax agent model for practical coding and productivity tasks.

Key specifications

Specification score
56.8
Context window
204.8K
Max output
131.07K
Input / 1M tokens
$0.30
Output / 1M tokens
$1.20
License
Open weights

The specification score summarizes recorded features and limits. It is not a benchmark result.

Inputs and outputs

Recorded modality support shows what this model can accept and produce. An undocumented modality is shown as unknown rather than assumed to be unsupported.

Accepts

  • Text input

Produces

  • Text output

Capabilities

ReasoningFunction callingOpen weights

What is MiniMax-M2.1?

What MiniMax-M2.1 is for

Earlier MiniMax agent model for practical coding and productivity tasks. The registry places it in the minimax family with a release date of 2025-12-23. This profile describes its documented interface and how to evaluate it for the intended task.

Inputs and request limits

The recorded inputs are text, with text output. The registry lists a 204,800-token context window and up to 131,072 output tokens. It also declares reasoning and function calling. These are specifications, not a measured quality or speed ranking. A host can impose its own request limits and support a different subset of features.

Deployment and cost

The registry marks MiniMax-M2.1 as an open-weight model. Check the linked checkpoint’s licence and runtime requirements before downloading or deploying it. Open weights describe availability, while licence terms determine permitted use. Local inference still requires hardware; a hosted route can charge separately.

No independently checked token rate is added from a hosting alias. Use the route’s current price and billing unit when comparing cost, including output, reasoning, cache behavior and retries where applicable.

What to test

Use tasks with checkable intermediate steps and a clear final answer. Keep reasoning settings and tool access consistent across candidates. Count the tokens and retries needed for an accepted result; a context limit or reasoning flag does not predict task accuracy.

Evidence and related models

This is a registry-sourced profile. A model-specific publisher document has not yet been confirmed; access and specifications should be checked before an integration decision. SyncDev has not independently benchmarked MiniMax-M2.1.

Browse MiniMax models, explore related tasks, or compare two models using the same workload.

How to evaluate MiniMax-M2.1

Compare the model on the work you need to complete.

Tasks and inputs

MiniMax-M2.1 is listed for Text generation. It accepts text and produces text. Use the publisher’s input format and preprocessing for your chosen deployment.

Capacity and cost

Documented limits: 204.8K context and 131.07K maximum output. The listed route charges $0.30 input and $1.20 output per million tokens. Measure a completed task using the prompts, documents and tools your application will use. Include reasoning and retries in the result.

Choosing a deployment

The weights are downloadable under the publisher’s model licence. Check runtime support and size the complete model and working context for your expected concurrency.

Frequently asked questions

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