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MiniMaxOpen weightsReasoning model

MiniMax-M1

Best configuration ranks #331 of 610 on the BenchLeader Index at 48.2 ±4.4. Last measured 2 Sept 2026. Released 17 Jun 2025.

Blended price
$0.963/M
$0.550 in · $2.20 out
Output speed
31 tok/s
First answer
0.99 s
Context
1M
How it scores by categoryDashed line = average model (50). One step of 15 = one standard deviation.
  1. Overall index48
  2. Reasoning54
  3. Coding55
  4. Agents & tools36
  5. Knowledge41
  6. Instruction following44
  7. Human preference54
  8. Long context53
  9. Composite44

Benchmark results

One column per reasoning effort. Rank is among every configuration of every model on that benchmark. Hover a score for the run it came from.

Reasoning

Coding

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LMArena Coding1416#161LMArena

Agents & tools

Knowledge

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AA-Omniscience-48.5#302Artificial Analysis

Instruction following

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IFBench41.8%#239Artificial Analysis

Human preference

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LMArena Text1364#165LMArena

Long context

Composite

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AA Intelligence Index11.7#280Artificial Analysis

Where to run it

Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.

ProviderSpeedFirst tokenInput $/MOutput $/MContextQuantisation
NovitaAI47 tok/s1.04 s$0.550$2.201Mbf16
MiniMax15 tok/s0.94 s$0.400$2.201M

Price history

Listed price per 1M tokens over time, as recorded by OpenRouter for the provider with the longest history.

$0.00$0.605$1.21$1.82$2.42Jan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26
input outputnow $0.550 in · $2.20 out

What a task costs

Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.000910.7 s
Summarise a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.007920.5 s
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.006649.7 s
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.0422.2 min
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.00157.5 s

See also

Data as of 9 Sept 2026. Compare with another model.