Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2, at $1.60 per million tokens against $1.91 for MiniMax-M2.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

MiniMax-M2: $1.60 at LLM Gateway. MiniMax-M2.1: $1.91 at LLM Gateway.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 18 providers sell both: LLM Gateway, MiniMax, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLM Gateway.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 205k tokens in one call.

MiniMax-M2 vs MiniMax-M2.1.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

MiniMax-M2 takes 1 of 5 rounds against MiniMax-M2.1. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.60 per million tokens against $1.91.

MiniMaxwins 1 rounds

MiniMax-M2

$1.60/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.18 per 1,000 pages

205k context · tool calling · open weights

LLM Gateway ↗

MiniMax

MiniMax-M2.1

$1.91/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at LLM Gateway · $0.228 per 1,000 pages

205k context · tool calling · open weights

LLM Gateway ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$0.30/M

List price out (lower wins)

$1.20/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$1.60/M at LLM Gateway

$1.91/M at LLM Gateway

Standard price (lower wins)

$2.10/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.18

$0.228

Context

205k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

27 Oct 2025

23 Dec 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

Providers selling both · 18

LLM Gateway$1.60 / $1.91
MiniMax$1.79 / $2.10
Nous Portal$1.79 / $2.10
OpenRouter$1.79 / $2.10
Eden AI$2.10 / $2.10
Hugging Face Inference Providers$2.10 / $2.10
Kilo Gateway$2.10 / $2.10
Merge Gateway$2.10 / $2.10

MiniMax-M2 then MiniMax-M2.1, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 18

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What moved in the last seven days

MiniMax-M2Nous Portal$0.20 / $0.82 $0.26 / $1.0225% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
MiniMax-M2.1Nous Portal$0.24 / $0.96 $0.30 / $1.2025% dearer · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or MiniMax-M2.1?: MiniMax-M2, at $1.60 per million tokens against $1.91 for MiniMax-M2.1, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: MiniMax-M2: $1.60 at LLM Gateway. MiniMax-M2.1: $1.91 at LLM Gateway.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 18 providers sell both: LLM Gateway, MiniMax, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Eden AI, Hugging Face Inference Providers, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLM Gateway.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 205k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.