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MiniMax: MiniMax-01 pricing

MiniMax-01 is a combines MiniMax-Text-01 for text generation and MiniMax-VL-01 for image understanding. It has 456 billion parameters, with 45.9 billion parameters activated per inference, and can handle a… MiniMax: MiniMax-01 from OpenRouter costs $0.200 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens. Context window 1,000,192 tokens.

API id minimax/minimax-01 · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25 · general-purpose

$0.200
Input / 1M tokens
$1.10
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
1M
Context window

MiniMax: MiniMax-01 specifications

Provider
OpenRouter
API id
minimax/minimax-01
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
1M tokens
Max output
900K tokens
Currency
USD
Price source
Provider API
Last checked
2026-09-25

Tags

  • vision

MiniMax-01 across providers

The same model, priced by every seller we track. Ranked by the cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens, standard tier; savings measured against buying from the vendor directly.

ProviderInput /1MCached /1MOutput /1M1M in + 1M outvs vendor
MiniMaxVendorCheapest
$0.200—$1.10$1.30—
OpenRouterHostviewing
$0.200—$1.10$1.30—

What MiniMax: MiniMax-01 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0008
Document summary50,0002,000$0.01
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.42

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does MiniMax: MiniMax-01 cost per 1M tokens?
MiniMax: MiniMax-01 costs $0.200 per 1M input tokens and $1.10 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is MiniMax: MiniMax-01's context window?
MiniMax: MiniMax-01 accepts up to 1,000,192 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 900,172 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than MiniMax: MiniMax-01?
Yes. MythoMax 13B is $0.080 per 1M input tokens versus $0.200 for MiniMax: MiniMax-01, with a 8,192 token context window.
Where does this MiniMax: MiniMax-01 price come from?
From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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