MiniMax-M2.1-lightning

minimax · Chat model

MiniMax-M2.1-lightning is listed here as a chat model from minimax. This page shows simple API pricing, token limits, and capability flags so you can compare it with similar options.

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Input

$0.3000 / 1M tokens

Output

$2.4000 / 1M tokens

Cached input

$0.0300 / 1M tokens

Context window

N/A

Catalog generated: Jul 13, 2026

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Pricing

Item	Price
Input	$0.3000 / 1M tokens
Output	$2.4000 / 1M tokens
Cached input	$0.0300 / 1M tokens
Cache write	$0.3750 / 1M tokens
Embedding	$0.3000 / 1M tokens

Limits

Max input tokens

1.0M

Max output tokens

8.2K

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Capabilities

Capability	Supported
Vision	-
Function calling	Supported
Parallel function calling	-
Tool choice	Supported
Prompt caching	Supported
Reasoning	Supported
Response schema	-
System messages	Supported
Audio input	-
Audio output	-
Web search	-
PDF input	-
Video input	-

Benchmarks

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Benchmark	Score	Metric	Scope	Checked	Source
SWE-bench Verified	69.4	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
Multi-SWE-bench	36.2	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
SWE-bench Multilingual	56.5	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
Terminal-Bench	46.3	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
ArtifactsBench	66.8	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
BrowseComp	44	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2)	2026-05-31	Link
SWE-bench Verified	74.0	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
Multi-SWE-bench	49.4	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
SWE-bench Multilingual	72.5	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
Terminal-Bench 2.0	47.9	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
VIBE (Average)	88.6	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
VIBE-Web	91.5	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link
VIBE-Android	89.7	score	Base model: MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax-M2.1)	2026-05-31	Link

Sources

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Pricing data	LiteLLM model cost map
Synced at	2026-05-28
Catalog generated	2026-07-13T14:21:55.110Z