MiniMax: MiniMax M1

MINIMAX Developer Architecture Profile

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Max Context Limit1,000,000Max Out: 40,000 tokens

Prompt CachingStandardNo Cache Discount

Standard API / 1M$2.75🧠 Deep Reasoner

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Drafting
Classification
Reasoning
Coding & Logic
Fictional
🧠 Extended Test-Time Reasoning

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...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$0.55 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$2.20 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/2/2026

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