MiniMax M2.1 is a 10-billion-parameter lightweight language model designed for coding, agentic workflows, and application development.
- Strengths
- Efficient at coding tasks and agent-based reasoning while maintaining a compact parameter count that reduces inference overhead.
- Best for
- Building agentic systems, code generation, and applications where model size and latency matter.
- Limitations
- As a smaller model, it may struggle with complex reasoning tasks or nuanced language understanding compared to larger alternatives.
Input / 1M
$0.3
Output / 1M
$1.20
Cached input / 1M
$0.03
Context window
204K
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in increased 3.4% out increased 26.3%
- 90d
- in increased 3.4% out increased 26.3%
- 1y
- in increased 3.4% out increased 26.3%
- Since launch
- in increased 3.4% out increased 26.3%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2026 | $0.3 | $1.20 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 11 Jun 2026 | $0.29 | $0.95 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |