MiniMax M2.1 Lightning is MiniMax's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 131K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.3 / 1M input and $2.40 / 1M output. A high-throughput accelerated variant of MiniMax M2.1 delivering approximately 100 tokens per second output speed for latency-sensitive agentic applications.
Specifications
Canonical IDminimax-m2-1-lightning
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorMiniMaxMiniMax
Providers
Context Window1.0M tokens
Max Output131K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 10 months ago

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
Cache Write 5m
$ / 1M
MiniMax logo
MiniMax
minimax/MiniMax-M2.1-lightning
$0.3$2.40$0.03$0.375
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning
$0.3$2.40$0.03$0.375

Cost Calculator

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
MiniMax M2.7 Highspeed205K$0.600$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.7 Turbo—197K$0.380$1.70Available
MiniMax M2.5 Highspeed205K$0.600$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.5 Lightning—1.0M$0.300$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning1.0M$0.300$2.40Current
MiniMax M2 Her66K$0.300$1.20Available
MiniMax M2 MaaS—197K$0.300$1.20Deprecating
MiniMax M2.7 Free—197K——Available

Model IDs

minimax-m2-1-lightning
minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning
minimax/MiniMax-M2.1-lightning