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MiniMax-01 vs MiniMax M2

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

MiniMax-01 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Supports vision

MiniMax M2 wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
MiniMax-01
Benchmark Advantage
MiniMax M2
Context Window
MiniMax-01
Speed
MiniMax M2

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMiniMax-01MiniMax M2Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.20$0.26 MiniMax-01
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.10$1.00 MiniMax M2
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$30000.00 MiniMax M2
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, MiniMax-01 is 4% cheaper overall.

MiniMax-01 Providers

Minimax $0.20 (Cheapest)

MiniMax M2 Providers

Minimax $0.26 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.26 (Cheapest)
Google $0.30
Novita $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

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MiniMax-01 Wins
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MiniMax M2 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMiniMax-01MiniMax M2Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-36.0-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-29.2-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-78.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-82.0-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-77.7-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-82.6-
MiniMax M2 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

MiniMax-01
1,000,192
tokens
Max output: 1,000,192 tokens
MiniMax M2
196,608
tokens
Max output: 65,536 tokens
MiniMax-01 has a 80% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricMiniMax-01MiniMax M2Winner
Tokens/secondN/A52.7 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A1.92s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMiniMax-01MiniMax M2
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMiniMax-01MiniMax M2
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMinimaxMinimax
ReleasedJan 2025Oct 2025

MiniMax-01 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

MiniMax M2 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

MiniMax-01 has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. MiniMax M2 has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
MiniMax M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 29.2, compared to MiniMax-01's score of N/A.
MiniMax-01 has a 1,000,192 token context window, while MiniMax M2 has a 196,608 token context window.
MiniMax-01 supports vision. MiniMax M2 does not support vision.