MiniMax M1

MiniMax chatreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: minimax/minimax-m1

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Input Price
$0.40
/1M tokens
Output Price
$2.20
/1M tokens

About MiniMax M1

MiniMax 01 is MiniMax's flagship language model, delivering strong performance across reasoning, coding, and creative tasks. The model features competitive capability with efficient architecture, enabling practical deployment. MiniMax 01 excels at general conversation, content generation, and analysis tasks. It demonstrates good performance on major benchmarks and supports various enterprise use cases. The model is particularly valuable for applications serving Chinese-speaking markets. For organizations seeking capable AI from a leading Chinese AI company, MiniMax 01 offers reliable performance. It's well-suited for chatbots, content platforms, and business automation.

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Price Ranking
#828 lowest price among 950 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
1.0M
Max Output
40k
Release Date
2025-06-17
Capabilities
chat reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.84
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$25.80
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$35.40
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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MiniMax Model Lineup

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Model Input Output Context Capabilities
MiniMax M1 Current $0.40 $2.20 1.0M chat reasoning tool_use
MiniMax-01 $0.20 $1.10 1.0M chat vision tool_use
MiniMax M2 $0.26 $1.00 197k chat reasoning tool_use
MiniMax M2.1 $0.27 $0.95 197k chat reasoning tool_use
MiniMax M2.5 $0.27 $0.95 197k chat reasoning tool_use
MiniMax M2-her $0.30 $1.20 66k chat tool_use
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with MiniMax M1 API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m1",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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