MiniMaxOpen weightsJune 17, 2025

MiniMax M1 40k

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
14

score

MiniMax M1 40k scores 14 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it …

vs class avg: 25

Input Price#1/93
$0.00
Output Price#1/93
$0.00
Speed
not provided

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Latency
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Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Capable everyday model

Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.

Best for

  • Routine Q&A
  • Content summarization
  • Classification
  • Light coding

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Agentic workflows
  • Research-grade analysis

Routing recommendation

1

Use the fit matrix to compare against cheaper routes when volume rises

Cost pressure

Competitive pricing — $0.00 / M input, $0.00 / M output. Cost pressure is low enough for sustained production use.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsModerateIntelligence score 14 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks.Route simpler sub-tasks here; keep hard reasoning on a stronger model.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesExcellentOutput pricing at $0.00 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.Excellent for budget-constrained pipelines; enable caching to reduce costs further.

Cost pressure

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.00, output $0.00. Suitable for sustained production use.

Cheaper substitutes

No cheaper substitute is supported by the current price data.

Route away when

  • Extreme scale where even low costs matter

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

MiniMax M1 40k scores 14 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax M1 40k: 1414?MiniMax M1 40k

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Higher throughput supports faster interactive use.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is competitive — input $0.00, output $0.00. Suitable for sustained production use.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraMiMo-V2-Flash: 5353?MiMo-V2-FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 4444?GLM-5.1GLM-4.7: 4444?GLM-4.7GLM-4.6: 4444?GLM-4.6Qwen3 235B A22B 2507: 4444QQwen3 235B A22B 2507gpt-oss-120b (high): 3939AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax M1 40k: 1414?MiniMax M1 40k

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MMiniMax M1 40k: 1M1M?MiniMax M1 40kGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1M1M?MiMo-V2.5-ProDeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 00?GLM-5.1GLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Ring-2.6-1T: 00?Ring-2.6-1TQwen3.5 397B A17B: 00QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.7 Code: 00KKimi K2.7 Code

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 4040?GLM-5.1Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 397B A17B: 2525QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.7 Code: 2424KKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 2424?Ring-2.6-1T

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek R1 (Jan): 6.46.4DDeepSeek R1 (Jan)GLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 6.16.1?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 5.15.1KKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3.5 397B A17B: 4.24.2QQwen3.5 397B A17BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-4.7: 3.33.3?GLM-4.7Nex-N2-Pro: 3.33.3?Nex-N2-Proinputoutputcache Hit

Architecture & Scale

Model size, parameters, and architectural details.

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1k1k?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 1k1kKKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 1k1k?Ring-2.6-1TGLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 744744?GLM-5.1DeepSeek R1 (Jan): 685685DDeepSeek R1 (Jan)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax M1 40k: 456456?MiniMax M1 40kpassive Paramsactive Params

Specifications

Technical Specifications

MiniMax M1 40k scores 14 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).

MiniMax M1 40k

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
Yes
Input modalities
MiniMax M1 40k supports text input.
Output modalities
MiniMax M1 40k supports text output.
Context window
MiniMax M1 40k has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Open weights / source
Yes, MiniMax M1 40k is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Parameters
MiniMax M1 40k has 456 billion parameters (45.9 billion active).
Active parameters
MiniMax M1 40k is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 456 billion total parameters, but only 45.9 billion active parameters are used during inference.
License
MiniMax M1 40k is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.

Methodology & Provenance

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