MiniMax M1
MiniMax MiniMax M1 — pricing, 1000k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
By MiniMax
Specs
- Provider
- MiniMax
- Slug
- minimax/minimax-m1
- Capabilities
- tools
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking MiniMax M1 pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call MiniMax M1 from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax/minimax-m1",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="minimax/minimax-m1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "minimax/minimax-m1",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is a large language model API from MiniMax with a 1M-token context window. It costs $0.4 per 1M input tokens and $2.2 per 1M output tokens.
How much does MiniMax M1 cost?
MiniMax M1 is priced at $0.4 per 1M input tokens and $2.2 per 1M output tokens via the MiniMax API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $1.3.
What is the context window of MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 supports up to 1M tokens of context per request — roughly 2000 pages of English text or 125000 lines of code at a typical density.
Does MiniMax M1 support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
MiniMax M1 supports tool/function calling. It does not support image input (vision) and structured JSON mode.
Who makes MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is built and operated by MiniMax. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from MiniMax's public catalog.
Can I self-host MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by MiniMax, so it cannot be self-hosted today.