> MiniMax has 7 models on The Model Index, from MiniMax-01 (Jan 2025) to MiniMax-M3 (1 Jun 2026). Its strongest is MiniMax-M2.5, with an index score of 146 (GPT-4 = 100), rank 65 of 229. All have open weights.

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Lab · 7 models · since Jan 2025

# MiniMax

MiniMax has 7 models on The Model Index, from MiniMax-01 (Jan 2025) to MiniMax-M3 (1 Jun 2026). Its strongest is MiniMax-M2.5, with an index score of 146 (GPT-4 = 100), rank 65 of 229. All have open weights.

7

models tracked

7 open · 0 closed

146

index score of MiniMax-M2.5

#65 of 229 models

1 Jun 2026

latest release

MiniMax-M3

2

current versions

5 replaced by newer ones

## Every model · newest first

| | MODEL | RELEASED | WEIGHTS | INDEX SCORE | INPUT $/M | OUTPUT $/M | CONTEXT |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 72 | [MiniMax-M3](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m3/) | 1 Jun 2026 | OPEN | 145 | $0.30 | $1.2 | 1.05M |
| 81 | [MiniMax-M2.7 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m2-7/) | 18 Mar 2026 | OPEN | 143 | $0.21 | $0.84 | 205K |
| 65 | [MiniMax-M2.5 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m2-5/) | 12 Feb 2026 | OPEN | 146 | $0.27 | $1.08 | 205K |
| | [MiniMax-M2.1 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m2-1/) | 23 Dec 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.30 | $1.2 | 205K |
| | [MiniMax-M2 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m2/) | 27 Oct 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.30 | $1.2 | 205K |
| | [MiniMax-M1 replaced](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-m1/) | 16 Jun 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.55 | $2.2 | 1M |
| | [MiniMax-01](https://themodelindex.org/models/minimax-01/) | 15 Jan 2025 | OPEN | not scored yet | $0.20 | $1.1 | 1M |

Index score is fitted from independent evaluations and scaled so GPT-4 = 100; a striped bar is an estimate for a model not yet independently tested. Prices are list prices per million tokens.

## Release history · 7 announcements

[The Race →](https://themodelindex.org/race/)

| DATE | RELEASE | KIND | SOURCE |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Jun 2026 | MiniMax-M3 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3) |
| 18 Mar 2026 | MiniMax-M2.7 | Open weights | [minimax.io ↗](https://www.minimax.io/news/minimax-m27-en) |
| 12 Feb 2026 | MiniMax-M2.5 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5) |
| 23 Dec 2025 | MiniMax-M2.1 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.1) |
| 27 Oct 2025 | MiniMax-M2 | Open weights | no link |
| 16 Jun 2025 | MiniMax-M1 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/collections/MiniMaxAI/minimax-m1-68502ad9634ec0eeac8cf094) |
| 15 Jan 2025 | MiniMax-01 | Open weights | [huggingface.co ↗](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Text-01) |

Dates come from each lab's own announcement, linked where one exists.

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Source: https://themodelindex.org/labs/minimax/ · The Model Index · data as of 2026-10-01