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MiniMax-M2.5 Lightning
minimax·minimax/minimax-m2.5-lightning·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 · Ofox
Lowest paid$0.30 / $2.40
Ofox Gateway
Context204,800
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool use? Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff—
Released / updated2026-02-13 / 2026-02-13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ofox | Gateway | $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
1Ofox$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
Upstream provides no control info
1 / 1 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 $0.825
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-15). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.