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MiniMaxText generationReleased December 23, 2025

MiniMax M2.1 Lightning

MiniMax M2.1 Lightning costs $0.12 per 1M input tokens and $0.48 per 1M output tokens on LLM API, with a 197K-token context window.

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MiniMax M2.1 Lightning prices on LLM API
Input$0.12per 1M tokens
Output$0.48per 1M tokens

Features

  • ToolsYes
  • Parallel tool callsNo
  • Image inputNo
  • ReasoningYes
  • Prompt cachingNo
  • Structured outputsYes
  • JSON modeYes
  • StreamingYes
  • Web searchNo

Call MiniMax M2.1 Lightning

POST /v1/chat/completionsSet LLMAPI_KEY to your LLM API key.Chat Completions docs

import os

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["LLMAPI_KEY"],
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax-m2.1-lightning",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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