MiniMax M2 pricing for code review

Quick start

Call MiniMax M2 with the OpenAI Python SDK pointed at api.minimax.chat:

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.minimax.chat/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["MINIMAX_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax-m2",
    max_tokens=2000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.003300 per call at standard rates
# Input:  $0.26/MTok
# Output: $1.00/MTok

How MiniMax M2 compares on cost

Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on code review benchmarks. Hover for details.

Highest-quality affordable option: Claude Sonnet 5 at $0.0300/call (9.1x the cost, 96/100 quality). MiniMax M2 is already the cheapest choice for code review.

What drives code review cost

Review is input-heavy in a way generation is not: the diff or file goes in whole, and structured feedback comes back short. That flips the usual optimization: input rate and cache discounts matter more than output rate. Reviewing the same repository repeatedly means the surrounding context is identical call over call, which is exactly the shape prompt caching is designed for.

For MiniMax M2 specifically, that means output tokens cost 3.8x more than input, at $1.00 vs $0.26 per MTok. At this use case’s 5,000/2,000 token split, output accounts for 61% of the $0.003300 per-call cost.

MiniMax M2 quality benchmarks for code review

Benchmark data for code review is pending for MiniMax M2. Test against your own evaluation suite before moving to production.

Benchmark data is not yet available for MiniMax M2. We recommend testing against your own evaluation criteria.

About MiniMax M2

Prices from platform.minimax.io/docs/pricing/overview (read 2026-10-11). No cache discount published (set 1.0 — no discount). No batch discount published. Not yet benchmarked, so never recommended.

Other models from MiniMax

You can compare MiniMax M2 head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.

Frequently asked questions