MiniMax: MiniMax-01
MINIMAX Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1150Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context1,000,192Tokens
API Cost / 1M$1.30Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Drafting
- Classification
MiniMax-01 is a combines MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding. It has 456 billion parameters, with 45.9 billion parameters activated per inference, and can handle a context of up to 4 million tokens.
The text model adopts a hybrid architecture that combines Lightning Attention, Softmax Attention, and Mixture-of-Experts (MoE). The image model adopts the “ViT-MLP-LLM” framework and is trained on top of the text model.
To read more about the release, see: https://www.minimaxi.com/en/news/minimax-01-series-2
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.20 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$1.10 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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