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MiniMax-01minimax/minimax-01

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 context...

Cheapest blended:$0.42 / 1M tokenson MiniMax · 1 provider listed

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$0.20$1.10$0.42—OpenAI-compatibleNeeds 27d agoTry →

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Works with

Point any of these clients at a hosting's base URL — they all speak at least one of this model's endpoint protocols (OPENAI_COMPATIBLE).

Capabilities

Code samples

Example using MiniMax — the cheapest hosting for this model as of last verification. Swap base_url and model to use a different provider from the matrix above.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.minimax.io/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax-01",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Technical specs

Context
1000K
Max output
1000K
Parameters
—
Release
—
Training cutoff
—
License
—
Hugging Face →

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Frequently asked

How much does MiniMax-01 cost?+
The cheapest public hosting is $0.42 per 1M blended tokens on MiniMax. 1 total providers are listed above with per-input / per-output / cached pricing.
How do I access MiniMax-01 from outside China?+
All hostings listed above support global access. The official API (e.g. api.deepseek.com, dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com) accepts international credit cards and does not require a Chinese mobile number. For privacy-sensitive workloads, third-party aggregators like Together.ai host the model on US/EU infrastructure.
Is MiniMax-01 open-source? Can I fine-tune it?+
Yes. MiniMax-01 is open-weight under the unspecified license. Weights are available on Hugging Face for local inference, fine-tuning, and commercial use (see license for specific terms).
Is MiniMax-01 OpenAI-compatible?+
Most listed hostings expose an OpenAI-compatible API, so you can point an existing openai SDK client at the Provider's base_url and use the Provider's model name. See the Code Samples above for a copy-pasteable example.
What's the maximum context window for MiniMax-01?+
The model supports up to 1,000,192 tokens of context (input + output). Some hosted versions may impose a smaller limit — check the "Context" column in the pricing matrix for each provider.