MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5

Name: MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5
Author: OpenRouter

mit

MiniMax-M2.5 is a SOTA large language model designed for real-world productivity.

Context

205K

Max output

197K

Input price

$0.22/1M tokens

Output price

$0.9/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision

tool call

structured output

reasoning

json mode

streaming

fine tuning

batch

Details

Model IDminimax/minimax-m2.5

ProviderOpenRouter

CreatorMiniMax

Familyminimax

Licensemit

Parameters—

Status—

Input modalitiestext

Output modalitiestext

Architecture—

Knowledge cutoff—

Training data cutoff—

Release date2026-02-12

Deprecation date—

Typechat

Reasoning tokens—

Max input—

Open weightYes

Sourceofficial

Last updated2026-08-13

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling

Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input

$0.22

↑47%$0.15

Output

$0.9

Cache write

—

Cache read

$0.05

Batch in

—

Batch out

—

Price history · $/1M input

$0.2

$0.118

$0.15

$0.12

$0.15

$0.22

Mar 21Apr 5Apr 24Jun 10Jun 30Jul 10Aug 13

Date	Input	Output	Cache read	Change
Mar 21, 2026	$0.2	$1.17	$0.1	—
Apr 1, 202622fb110	$0.156	$1	$0.08	↓22%
Apr 4, 2026c2a7935	$0.118	$1	$0.059	↓24%
Apr 5, 2026fdb701f	$0.118	$0.99	$0.059	↑0.0%
Apr 22, 20266231fb5	$0.15	$1.2	$0.075	↑27%
Apr 24, 20266a1e7e3	$0.15	$1.15	$0.03	↑0.0%
Jun 10, 2026d68a4f1	$0.15	$0.9	$0.05	↑0.0%
Jun 30, 202688d97e5	$0.12	$0.48	$0.05	↓20%
Jul 10, 2026105275d	$0.15	$0.9	$0.05	↑25%
Aug 13, 20263cddff5	$0.22	$0.9	$0.05	↑47%

Input is ↑10% since Mar 21, 2026, from $0.2 to $0.22 per 1M tokens.

Price across providers

Provider	Input	Output	Since launch
OpenRoutercheapest	$0.22	$0.9	↑10%
Vercel AI Gateway	$0.27	$0.95	↓10%
Novita AI	$0.3	$1.2	—

Family Comparison: minimax

Model	Caps	Perf	Speed	Context	Max out	Pricing
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)	RVTS	—	—	205K	8K
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)	RVTS	—	—	524K	—	$0.15$0.6
MiniMax: MiniMax-01		—	—	1.0M	1.0M	$0.2$1.1
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5	RVTS	—	—	205K	197K	$0.22$0.9
MiniMax: MiniMax M2	RVTS	—	—	205K	131K	$0.26$1.02
MiniMax: MiniMax M2-her		—	—	66K	2K	$0.3$1.2
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1	RVTS	—	—	205K	131K	$0.3$1.2
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7	RVTS	—	—	205K	131K	$0.3$1.2
MiniMax: MiniMax M3	RVTS	—	—	1.0M	512K	$0.3$1.2
MiniMax: MiniMax M1	RVTS	—	—	1M	40K	$0.4$2.2

API

GET/v1/models/openrouter/minimax/minimax-m2.5