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MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax)
minimax·minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning·GA·Closed·minimax series
High-speed MiniMax model for low-latency coding and agent workflows
At a glance
Reference price$0.12 / $0.48 per 1M
Cache read — · LLM Gateway
Lowest paid$0.12 / $0.48
LLM Gateway Gateway
Context196,608
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff—
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 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway | Gateway | $0.12 | $0.48 | — | — | 196,608 | 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
1LLM Gateway$48.00
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
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended