minimax
MiniMax M2.1 Lightning
Use an endpoint supported by this model.
Get a key for this setup →const response = await fetch('https://api.minirouter.sh/v1/chat/completions', { method: 'POST', headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MINIROUTER_KEY}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', }, body: JSON.stringify({ model: 'minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightning', messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Why is the sky blue?' }], max_tokens: 1024, }),}) const data = await response.json()console.log(data.choices[0].message.content)- Input / 1M
- $0.315
- Output / 1M
- $2.52
- Context
- 205K
- Max output
- 131K
Overview
Overview
MiniMax-M2.1-lightning is a faster version of MiniMax-M2.1, offering the same performance but with significantly higher throughput (output speed ~100 TPS, MiniMax-M2 output speed ~60 TPS). MiniRouter supports text input only.
- Model type
- language
- Context window
- 204,800
- Maximum output
- 131,072
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.315
- Output / 1M tokens
- $2.52
- Released
- 2025-12-23
Prices include the MiniRouter fee. Compatibility snapshot: 2026-08-06. Input: text. Output: text.
Endpoints
Endpoints
Platform-funded routing only. Caller BYOK credentials and OIDC-based upstream authentication are intentionally excluded; authenticate with a MiniRouter bearer key.
Paths
/v1/chat/completions/v1/messages/v1/responsesStructured output
Not enforced; a requested format is dropped and the answer is plain text. How it works
Captured parameters: max_tokens, temperature, stop, tools, tool_choice, reasoning, include_reasoning.
API
API
Switch between Chat Completions, Messages and client configurations in the setup panel. Every snippet keeps the model ID unchanged.
Base URL
https://api.minirouter.sh/v1Model ID
minimax/minimax-m2.1-lightningProviders
Providers
MiniRouter selects from the configured routes below. Priority is the catalog order, not a latency or availability score.
| Provider | Priority | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Parameters | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vercel | 1 | $0.315 | $2.52 | max_tokens, temperature, stop, tools, tool_choice, reasoning, include_reasoning | MiniRouter balance |