MiniMax
Consumer-app-driven lab (Talkie, Hailuo video) that also ships the open-weights MiniMax M-series text models.
- Provider rank
- #13
- by best model
- Best index
- 56.9
- MiniMax-M3
- Ranked models
- 5
- 7 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.525/M
- MiniMax-M3
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Over the last two years MiniMax shipped 5 distinct models, one every 108 days on median. The latest arrived on 1 Jun 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 4 Aug 2026 and 30 Oct 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Fastest ranked model: MiniMax-M3 at 100 tok/s.
Head to head
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Every MiniMax model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
10 of 10
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MiniMax-M3MiniMaxopen ↗ | 56.9±5 | $0.525 | 100 | 22 s | 1.0M | 2026-06-01 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | MiniMax-M2.7MiniMaxopen ↗ | 56.5±5 | $0.525 | 62 | 41 s | 205k | 2026-03-18 | 2026-09-08 |
| 3 | MiniMax-M2MiniMaxopen ↗ | 55.1±3 | $0.525 | 88 | 25 s | 205k | 2025-10-27 | 2026-09-08 |
| 4 | MiniMax-M2.5MiniMaxopen ↗ | 53.5±4 | $0.525 | 93 | 23 s | 205k | 2026-02-12 | 2026-09-08 |
| 5 | MiniMax-M1MiniMaxopen | 48.2±4 | $0.963 | 31 | 0.99 s | 1M | 2025-06-17 | 2026-09-02 |
| 6 | Minimax 01MiniMaxopen ↗ | – | $0.425 | 23 | 0.97 s | 1.0M | – | – |
| 7 | Minimax 2.1MiniMax | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-01-12 · stale |
| 8 | Minimax M2 HerMiniMax | – | $0.525 | 30 | 0.73 s | 66k | – | – |
| 9 | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMax | – | $1.05 | – | – | 205k | 2026-02-12 | – |
| 10 | MiniMax-M2.7-highspeedMiniMaxopen | – | $1.05 | – | – | 205k | 2026-03-18 | – |
Latest news
- Saudi AI Firm Humain Unveils Model Based on China’s MiniMaxbloomberg.com · 3 Sept 2026
- Are Chinese AI stars Z.ai and MiniMax stuck in losses through 2030?scmp.com · 8 Sept 2026
- AI Video’s New Power Trio: Seedance 2.5, Minimax H3 & Wan 3Technology Org · 7 Sept 2026
- MiniMax H3 Max Speeds Up AI Video Creation for Everyonex.com · 31 Aug 2026
- China's MiniMax sees revenue nearly quadruple in first half as AI demand surgesReuters · 26 Aug 2026
- Chinese AI stocks rise after OpenAI launches Astra; MiniMax jumps 6%Investing.com · 4 Sept 2026
- HUMAIN Unveils humain-m3, a Frontier Arabic Language Model Developed by MiniMax, in Research Preview on HUMAIN NodePR Newswire · 3 Sept 2026
- MiniMax M3 "gains Saudi local 'citizenship' status", China's open-source model has secured a "national-level key client"36Kr · 7 Sept 2026