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MiniMax-M2.5-lightning

minimax · chat model

MiniMax-M2.5-lightning is listed here as a chat model from minimax. This page shows simple API pricing, token limits, and capability flags so you can compare it with similar options.

Input
$0.3000 / 1M tokens
Output
$2.4000 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.0300 / 1M tokens
Context
N/A
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Pricing

Item Price
Input
$0.3000 / 1M tokens
Output
$2.4000 / 1M tokens
Cached input
$0.0300 / 1M tokens
Cache write
$0.3750 / 1M tokens
Embedding
$0.3000 / 1M tokens

Token limits

Max input tokens
1.0M
Max output tokens
8.2K

Capabilities

Capability Supported
Vision —
Function calling ✅
Parallel function calling —
Tool choice ✅
Prompt caching ✅
Reasoning ✅
Response schema —
System messages ✅
Audio input —
Audio output —
Web search —
PDF input —
Video input —

Benchmarks

Most benchmark rows are attached to the base model family rather than this provider route. Open benchmark explorer

Benchmark Score Metric Scope Checked Source
SWE-bench Verified 75.80% % resolved Base model: MiniMax M2.5 (MiniMax M2.5 (high reasoning)) 2026-05-31 Link
SWE-bench Verified 69.4 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link
Multi-SWE-bench 36.2 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link
SWE-bench Multilingual 56.5 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link
Terminal-Bench 46.3 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link
ArtifactsBench 66.8 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link
BrowseComp 44 score Base model: MiniMax-M2 (MiniMax-M2) 2026-05-31 Link

Sources

Source links
Pricing data LiteLLM model cost map
Synced at 2026-05-28

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MiniMax-M2.5-lightning
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.4000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
N/A
Current model
Reference row

Overall blends cost, modality overlap, capabilities, and context.

Model Cost Input shape Features Context Why it is close
MiniMax-M2.1-lightning
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.4000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
N/A
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Overall 45%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $1.2000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
N/A
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Overall 40%
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minimax
In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $1.2000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
N/A
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Overall 40%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $1.2000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
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Overall 40%
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In $0.5000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.1500 / 1M tokens
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Output: text
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 35%
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Out $2.1900 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 35%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.4000 / 1M tokens
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Output: text
Function callingTool choiceReasoning
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 33%
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In $0.5800 / 1M tokens
Out $1.6800 / 1M tokens
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Output: text
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 32%
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In $0.5800 / 1M tokens
Out $1.6800 / 1M tokens
text
Output: text
Function callingTool choicePrompt cachingReasoning
163.8K
Partial I/O overlap
Overall 32%
qwen3.5-plus-02-15
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In $0.4000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.4000 / 1M tokens
imagetext
Output: text
Function callingTool choiceReasoning
65.5K
Partial I/O overlap
Overall 30%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.5000 / 1M tokens
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Output: text
Function callingTool choice
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 30%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.5000 / 1M tokens
Output: unknown
Function callingTool choice
65.5K
Partial I/O overlap
Overall 30%
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In $0.3000 / 1M tokens
Out $2.5000 / 1M tokens
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Output: text
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Partial I/O overlap
Overall 28%