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MiniMax M1 Pricing

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MiniMax M1 from MiniMax costs $0.400 per 1 million input tokens and $2.20 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 1,000,000-token context window (approximately 750,000 words) with a 40K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0004 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0040.

MiniMax M1 pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.400 / 1M tokens
Output price$2.20 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio5.5×
Context window1,000,000 tokens (~750,000 words)
Maximum output40,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0004
TierFast
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MiniMax-M1 is a large-scale, open-weight reasoning model designed for extended context and high-efficiency inference.

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.400

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$2.20

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

1M tokens

max 40K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.000533$0.00088
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.00133$0.0022
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.002$0.0033
100K token document100,000$0.04$0.066

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Affordable at $0.40/1M input tokens
  • Massive 1M-token context window
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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