MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1
Chatminimax/minimax-m2.1MiniMax M2.1 is MiniMax's lightweight, state-of-the-art large language model optimized for coding, agentic workflows, and modern application development. With only 10 billion activated parameters, it delivers a major jump in real-world capability while maintaining exceptional latency, scalability, and cost efficiency. Capabilities include reasoning, function calling, prompt caching, and web search. Context: 200K tokens, output: 131K. Pricing is $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output tokens, with cached input reads at $0.03/M. Available via OpenAI and Anthropic protocols.
Providers
/v1/chat/completionsCode Examples
from openai import OpenAIclient = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ofox.run/v1",api_key="YOUR_OFOX_API_KEY",)response = client.chat.completions.create(model="minimax/minimax-m2.1",messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],)print(response.choices[0].message.content)
Benchmarks
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 scores 1384 in the Overall category of the LMArena text leaderboard (style control), ranking #147 of 374 models based on 17,095 human preference votes (updated 2026-07-12).
| Category | Arena Score | 95% CI | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1384 | 1379–1390 | #147 of 374 | 17,095 |
| Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1400–1414 | #142 of 374 | 9,046 |
| Coding | 1439 | 1429–1449 | #131 of 369 | 3,422 |
| Math | 1393 | 1374–1411 | #138 of 362 | 1,002 |
| Creative Writing | 1346 | 1334–1357 | #147 of 372 | 2,710 |
| Instruction Following | 1385 | 1376–1394 | #132 of 374 | 4,458 |
| Chinese | 1414 | 1393–1435 | #135 of 344 | 821 |
Source: LMArena · CC BY 4.0 · Updated 2026-07-12 · Methodology ↗ · Ranks compare models within each category of the LMArena text leaderboard (style control). Scores come from third-party human preference evaluations, not from OFOX.