MiniMax-01 is MiniMax's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 900K output tokens, starting at $0.2 / 1M input and $1.10 / 1M output. A large-scale 456B-parameter multimodal MoE model combining MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding with extended context handling.
Specifications
Canonical IDminimax-1
TypeLanguage
StatusDeprecated
CreatorMiniMaxMiniMax
Providers
Context Window1.0M tokens
Max Output900K tokens
Input ModalitiesImageText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters456B
HuggingFace Likes656
HuggingFace Downloads (30d)2,599
HuggingFace Downloads (all-time)91,326
Release Date · 2 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff · 3 years ago
Deprecation Date

Capabilities

Input2/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
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

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Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
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minimax/minimax-01
$0.2$1.10

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host MiniMax-01, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 1095 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

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FP16 (full precision)
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Cloud
GPU
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Cheapest region
Standard_ND96is_MI300X_v5Azure8× AMD Instinct MI300X GPU (192GB)1536 GB$48.00/hr
Standard_ND96isr_MI300X_v5Azure8× AMD Instinct MI300X1536 GB$48.00/hr
p5en.48xlargeAWS8× H2001128 GB$63.30/hr
6 more instances can run MiniMax-01
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
MiniMax-011.0M$0.200$1.10Current
MiniMax Image 1————Available
MiniMax H3 Max———Available
MiniMax H3 768p————Available

Model IDs

minimax-1
minimax/minimax-01
openrouter/minimax/minimax-01