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MiniMax M2.1 Lightning
minimax·minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning-2·GA·Open weights·minimax series
High-speed MiniMax model for low-latency coding and agent workflows
At a glance
Reference price$0.30 / $2.40 per 1M
Cache read $0.03 · Vercel AI Gateway
Lowest paid$0.12 / $0.48
DevPass (LLM Gateway) Gateway · 2.5× spread
Context204,800
⚠ Providers report 196,608–204,800; the table below is authoritative
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2024-10
Released / updated2025-12-23 / 2025-12-23
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 3 providers3 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) minimax-m2.1-lightning | Gateway | $0.12 | $0.48 | — | — | 196,608 ⚠ | 131,072 | |
| Ofox minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning | Gateway | $0.30 | $2.40 | $0.03 | $0.375 | 204,800 | 131,072 | |
| Vercel AI Gateway minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning | Cloud | $0.30 | $2.40 | $0.03 | $0.375 | 204,800 | 131,072 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1DevPass (LLM Gateway)$48.00
2Ofox$147.60
3Vercel AI Gateway$147.60
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
Reasoning control
effort = loweffort = mediumeffort = higheffort = xhigheffort = max
2 / 3 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).
Related models
MiniMax H3same series—MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5same series$0.30 / $1.20MiniMax-M3same series$0.30 / $1.20DeepSeek V4 Flashcheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28GPT-5.6 Lunacheaper alternative$0.20 / $1.20GPT-5.4 nanocheaper alternative$0.20 / $1.25GPT-5 Nanocheaper alternative$0.05 / $0.40
Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.30Output list $2.40Min blended $0.21
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-21). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.