MiniMax M2.1: Benchmarks, Pricing & Comparison

Source value: 72.5
Score: 72.5
Metric: percent
Unit: %
Category: coding
Direction: Higher is better
Comparison cohort: research:minimax-m2.1:7
Source type: vendor-reported
Evaluator: official model card/release page
Status: active
Retrieved at: 2026-09-08
Methodology: Vendor-reported result. MiniMax-M2.1; core software-engineering table; published score

Source official model card/release page

Terminal-bench 2.0 (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 47.9
Score: 47.9
Metric: percent
Unit: %
Category: coding
Direction: Higher is better
Comparison cohort: research:minimax-m2.1:8
Source type: vendor-reported
Evaluator: official model card/release page
Status: active
Retrieved at: 2026-09-08
Methodology: Vendor-reported result. MiniMax-M2.1; core software-engineering table; published score

Source official model card/release page

SWE-bench Verified (Droid) (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 71.3
Score: 71.3
Metric: percent
Unit: %
Category: coding
Direction: Higher is better
Comparison cohort: research:minimax-m2.1:9
Source type: vendor-reported
Evaluator: official model card/release page
Status: active
Retrieved at: 2026-09-08
Methodology: Vendor-reported result. MiniMax-M2.1; Claude Code/Droid framework table; published score

Source official model card/release page

SWE-bench Verified (mini-swe-agent) (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 67
Score: 67
Metric: percent
Unit: %
Category: coding
Direction: Higher is better
Comparison cohort: research:minimax-m2.1:10
Source type: vendor-reported
Evaluator: official model card/release page
Status: active
Retrieved at: 2026-09-08
Methodology: Vendor-reported result. MiniMax-M2.1; Claude Code/mini-swe-agent framework table; published score

Source official model card/release page

SWT-bench (Show measurement, test conditions, and source)

Source value: 69.3
Score: 69.3
Metric: percent
Unit: %
Category: coding
Direction: Higher is better
Comparison cohort: research:minimax-m2.1:11
Source type: vendor-reported
Evaluator: official model card/release page
Status: active
Retrieved at: 2026-09-08
Methodology: Vendor-reported result. MiniMax-M2.1; specialized benchmark table; published score

Source official model card/release page

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Compare how the models respond to the same prompt. Each test shows the first attempt, with no subsequent fixes to the generated code. These results do not contribute to an overall score.

Pelican on a bicycle

A community classic for free-form SVG drawing.

MiniMax M2.1

Not tested yet

Prompt and test conditions

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Token limit including reasoning: 8,192 tokens

Task origin (Simon Willison)

Profile

Specifications and access

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Weights: Open weightsSource
Access: APISource
Parameters: 230BSource
Active parameters: 10BSource
Context window: 204,800 tokensSource

Additional source observations

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Release: 2025-12-20Source
Parameters: 230 BSource
Active parameters: 10 BSource

Pricing

Published prices

Prices apply to the stated unit. Resolution, output length, and provider can change the cost.

API input: $0.3 per 1M tokensSource
API output: $1.2 per 1M tokensSource

Cost example

100 API requests

$0.09

100 requests with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens each calculate to $0.09. Input accounts for $0.03; output accounts for $0.06.

Input price: $0.3 / 1M tokensBase tier for each request
Output price: $1.2 / 1M tokensBase tier for each request

The calculation uses documented token prices and no cache discount. It excludes extra tools, tax, reasoning tokens, and further hidden output tokens.

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Evidence

Sources and data date

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Speed: MiniMax. Output speed after the first streaming chunk, not total response time. Classified as deprecated by Artificial Analysis. Artificial Analysis maintains only the default 10K-input workload there. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
Artificial Analysis Methodology
Price: Base API prices without caching or batch discounts. Higher context tiers and other rates are listed under Costs.
Pricing

Research date September 8, 2026. 2 source URLs checked. This documents the inspected sources, not an exhaustive inventory of every publication.

Open evidence questions and research notes (original wording)

Not found in the inspected sources

knowledge-cutoff. No exact value located in the checked primary model card/API documentation.

Model metadata (retrieved September 8, 2026)Source
API pricingSource
Artificial Analysis (retrieved September 8, 2026)Source
Speed measurement methodologySource