MODEL COMPARE

MiniMax M2.1 vs MiniMax M3: Pricing, Capabilities and Benchmarks

Compare MiniMax M2.1 and MiniMax M3 across context window, API pricing, modalities, tool use and recommended use cases.

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Model AModel B

DECISION SUMMARY

Decision summary

Recommendations are conditional. Unknown values never count as a loss, and missing comparable benchmarks produce no winner.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_coding_benchmark_missing

No same-source coding benchmark is attached to both model versions.

Insufficient data

Evidence

comparable_agent_benchmark_missing

Capabilities are listed, but a comparable agent benchmark is missing.

MiniMax M3

Evidence

context_window_larger

MiniMax M2.1=204800; MiniMax M3=524288

Tie

Evidence

same_provider_monthly_cost_lower

MiniMax M2.1=0.54; MiniMax M3=0.54; input=1000000; cached_input=0; output=200000; provider=OpenRouter

Insufficient data

Evidence

open_weights_support

MiniMax M2.1=unknown; MiniMax M3=unknown

MODEL ATTRIBUTES

Source scope: Provider endpoint

Show differences only

Attribute	MiniMax M2.1	MiniMax M3	Winner
Context window`context_window_larger`Provider endpoint	205K	524K	MiniMax M3
Maximum output`max_output_larger`Provider endpoint	131K	512K	MiniMax M3
Input modalities`input_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text, Image, Video	Insufficient data
Output modalities`output_modalities_differ`Provider endpoint	Text	Text	Insufficient data
Tool calling`tool_calling_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Structured output`structured_output_support`Provider endpoint	Supported	Supported	Tie
Reasoning`reasoning_support`Model	Supported	Supported	Insufficient data
Open weights`open_weights_support`Model	Unknown	Unknown	Insufficient data
Input price per 1M tokens`input_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$0.30	$0.30	Tie
Output price per 1M tokens`output_price_lower`Provider endpoint	$1.2	$1.2	Tie

USAGE ESTIMATOR

Estimate token charges for the selected provider endpoints. Image, audio, request and web-search charges are not included.

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Monthly input tokensMonthly output tokensCached input tokens

MiniMax M2.1$0.54Estimated monthly cost

MiniMax M3$0.54Estimated monthly cost