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MiniMax-M1
MiniMax-M1 is an open-weight model from MiniMax, released Jun 17, 2025. It ranks #212 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1343. It costs $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window.
- Developer
- MiniMax
- Released
- Jun 17, 2025
- Context window
- 1M
- Price in / out, per 1M tokens
- $0.55 / $2.20
- Weights
- Open · Apache 2.0
- Inputs
- Text
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Tool use
- Yes
The rating LMArena published at each update since Jun 24, 2025. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.
LMArena, by category
| Leaderboard | Rating | Rank | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextLMArena | 1343 | 212 / 351 | 34.3K |
| CodingLMArena | 1359 | 223 / 346 | 6.4K |
| MathLMArena | 1361 | 206 / 339 | 1.8K |
| Creative writingLMArena | 1298 | 221 / 349 | 4.5K |
| Instruction followingLMArena | 1312 | 224 / 351 | 8.6K |
| Hard promptsLMArena | 1339 | 220 / 351 | 15.6K |
| Multi-turnLMArena | 1335 | 221 / 349 | 5.4K |
| Long queriesLMArena | 1326 | 219 / 330 | 7K |
| ExpertLMArena | 1317 | 224 / 305 | 1.6K |
| Legal and governmentIndustries | 1337 | 222 / 325 | 2.3K |
| Medicine and healthcareIndustries | 1355 | 205 / 325 | 2.1K |
| Business and financeIndustries | 1319 | 224 / 344 | 6K |
| ChineseLanguages | 1360 | 211 / 328 | 2.4K |
| SpanishLanguages | 1353 | 192 / 249 | 835 |
| GermanLanguages | 1350 | 171 / 261 | 881 |
| FrenchLanguages | 1370 | 176 / 252 | 474 |
| JapaneseLanguages | 1218 | 201 / 236 | 845 |
LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.
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MiniMax
Builds long-context text, voice and video models, with open-weight releases. Founded 2021, based in Shanghai. minimax.io
Questions
Who makes MiniMax-M1?
MiniMax-M1 is made by MiniMax, founded 2021 and based in Shanghai.
How much does MiniMax-M1 cost?
$0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens, at its provider’s list price.
What is MiniMax-M1’s context window?
1M tokens (1,000,000).
How does MiniMax-M1 rank?
#212 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1343 (95% interval 1338–1347) from 34,299 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.
Is MiniMax-M1 open source?
MiniMax-M1 has open weights under the Apache 2.0 license.