minimax Open weights Vision

MiniMax-01 pricing & benchmarks

Released Jan 15, 2025 · served by 1 provider

Input / 1M tokens$0.200
Output / 1M tokens$1.10
Context window1.0M
Cached input
1M in + 300K out$0.53

What MiniMax-01 is

MiniMax-01 is a combines MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding. It has 456 billion parameters, with 45.9 billion parameters activated per inference, and can handle a context...

Providers and prices for MiniMax-01

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.

ProviderInputOutputContext QuantUptime 24hThroughput
Minimaxcheapest $0.200 $1.10 1.0M 100.0%

FAQ

How much does the MiniMax-01 API cost?

$0.200 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $0.53.

Is MiniMax-01 free?

No. It is a paid model starting at $0.200 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.

Which provider is cheapest for MiniMax-01?

Minimax at $0.200 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens.

Can I self-host MiniMax-01?

Yes — weights are published as MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Text-01 on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.