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MiniMax M2.1 Lightning


MiniMax M2.1 Lightning is MiniMax logoMiniMax's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 131K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.300 / 1M input and $2.40 / 1M output. A high-throughput Lightning variant of MiniMax M2.1 delivering approximately 100 tokens per second output speed for latency-sensitive agentic applications.
Spec
Canonical IDminimax-m2-1-lightning
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorMiniMaxMiniMax
Providers
Context Window1.0M tokens
Max Output131K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 6 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

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Cache Read
$ / 1M
MiniMax logo
MiniMax
MiniMax-M2.1-lightning
$0.300$2.40$0.030
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning
$0.300$2.40$0.030

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
MiniMax M2.7 High Speed205K$0.600$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.5 High Speed205K$0.600$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.5 Lightning1.0M$0.300$2.40Available
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning1.0M$0.300$2.40Current
MiniMax M2-her66K$0.300$1.20Available
MiniMax M2 MaaS197KAvailable

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