MiniMax-M2
Efficient open MiniMax model built for coding agents and tool-heavy workflows.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.30per 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.20per 1M tokens
- Context
- 205K131K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.30per million tokens
- Output
- $1.20per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.525cheaper than 59% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.20 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $13.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $135.00 |
Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for MiniMax-M2 yet.
The details
- Lab
- MiniMax
- Released
- Oct 27, 2025
- Context window
- 204,800 tokens
- Max output
- 131,072 tokens
- Inputs
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Always on
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
MiniMax-M2on MiniMax (minimax.io)- Availability
- 13 API providerslisted on models.dev
What MiniMax claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
| Benchmark | Score | Setting | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-Bench Verified | 69.4 resolved | — | Source |
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About MiniMax-M2
How much does MiniMax-M2 cost?
MiniMax-M2 costs $0.30 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.525 per million tokens, cheaper than 59% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 accepts up to 204,800 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.
How good is MiniMax-M2?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for MiniMax-M2 yet.
Is MiniMax-M2 open source?
Yes. MiniMax publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does MiniMax-M2 support?
MiniMax-M2 accepts text and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was MiniMax-M2 released?
MiniMax released MiniMax-M2 on Oct 27, 2025.
What are the best alternatives to MiniMax-M2?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen3-VL Plus (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.20 / $1.60), GLM-4.6V (Z.ai (Zhipu), $0.30 / $0.90), GPT-5.1 Codex mini (OpenAI, $0.25 / $2.00) and Seed 1.6 (ByteDance Seed, $0.119 / $1.19).