MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Released Dec 23, 2025Try it on:
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...
Best overall rank
#38
Across all subsets · overall
Total arena votes
123,666
Across 31 (subset, category) entries
Providers on OR
4
Minimax + others
First seen
2026-05-08
26 days tracked
Trend
Pricing
Per token
- Input (per 1M)
- $0.290
- Output (per 1M)
- $0.950
- Cache Read (per 1M)
- $0.030
Capabilities
Modality
text->textContext
205K tokens
Tokenizer
Other
Max output
197K tokens
Moderation
Unmoderated
Hugging Face
Supported parameters
frequency_penalty
include_reasoning
logit_bias
max_tokens
min_p
presence_penalty
reasoning
repetition_penalty
response_format
seed
stop
structured_outputs
temperature
tool_choice
tools
top_k
top_p
Providers
| Provider | Region / Tag | Context | Input/M | Output/M | Uptime 1d | Latency | Quant | Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimax | minimax/fp8 | 205K | $0.300 | $1.20 | 99.25% | - | fp8 | - |
| AtlasCloud | atlas-cloud/fp8 | 197K | $0.290 | $0.950 | 99.17% | - | fp8 | - |
| Novita | novita/fp8 | 205K | $0.300 | $1.20 | 98.60% | - | fp8 | - |
| Minimax | minimax/highspeed | 205K | $0.300 | $2.40 | 97.25% | - | fp8 | - |
Per-category ranks
Text
| Rank | Category | Variant | Trend | Elo | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #90 | Industry Mathematical | - | 1420 | 652 | |
| #92 | Expert | - | 1433 | 1,055 | |
| #108 | Longer Query | - | 1410 | 4,255 | |
| #112 | German | - | 1379 | 266 | |
| #113 | French | - | 1409 | 398 | |
| #116 | Hard Prompts English | - | 1425 | 4,200 | |
| #116 | Instruction Following | - | 1386 | 4,471 | |
| #117 | Coding | - | 1439 | 3,426 | |
| #119 | Russian | - | 1383 | 1,914 | |
| #120 | Spanish | - | 1379 | 410 | |
| #121 | Industry Legal And Government | - | 1400 | 1,184 | |
| #122 | Chinese | - | 1415 | 821 | |
| #125 | Industry Life And Physical And Social Science | - | 1407 | 2,654 | |
| #125 | Math | - | 1393 | 1,010 | |
| #126 | Multi Turn | - | 1391 | 2,873 | |
| #127 | Industry Entertainment And Sports And Media | - | 1351 | 3,200 | |
| #127 | Industry Software And It Services | - | 1423 | 5,792 | |
| #128 | English | - | 1402 | 7,643 | |
| #128 | Hard Prompts | - | 1408 | 9,070 | |
| #130 | Industry Business And Management And Financial Operations | - | 1382 | 3,147 | |
| #130 | Industry Writing And Literature And Language | - | 1365 | 3,923 | |
| #132 | Creative Writing | - | 1347 | 2,717 | |
| #132 | Japanese | - | 1283 | 146 | |
| #133 | Overall | - | 1385 | 17,138 | |
| #136 | Exclude Ties | - | 1358 | 12,084 | |
| #151 | Korean | - | 1279 | 268 | |
| #155 | Industry Medicine And Healthcare | - | 1377 | 1,133 |
WebDev
| Rank | Category | Variant | Trend | Elo | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #38 | Overall | - | 1392 | 9,275 | |
| #38 | Webdev | - | 1392 | 9,275 | |
| #38 | Webdev-html | - | 1404 | 6,773 | |
| #41 | Webdev-react | - | 1372 | 2,493 |