MiniMax: MiniMax M1
Analysis Summary
MiniMax: MiniMax M1 sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #121 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.400 input and $2.20 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers an exceptionally large context window suited to long-document workflows and supports tool use, function calling, and reasoning.
Editorial notes
MiniMax M1 provides a 1M token context and strong long-context reasoning at $0.40/$2.20 per million tokens; its intelligence index of 24.4 and limited coding capability constrain it to content and document-heavy workflows, with a -4 point regional penalty applied.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
MiniMax-M1 is a large-scale, open-weight reasoning model designed for extended context and high-efficiency inference. It leverages a hybrid Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture paired with a custom "lightning attention" mechanism, allowing it..
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Performance Indices
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
minimax/minimax-m1
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| Provider | minimax |
| Release Date | June 17, 2025 |
| Context Length | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max Completion | 40,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.40 | $0.000400 |
| Output | $2.20 | $0.002200 |
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