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Coding MiniMax M2 vs Coding MiniMax M2 (free)

Compare Coding MiniMax M2 from Minimax and Coding MiniMax M2 (free) from Minimax on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Coding MiniMax M2
Minimax · text → text

coding-minimax-m2 is a free and open version offered by AIHubMix specifically for MiniMax users. To maintain stable service operations, the following usage limits apply: a maximum of 10 requests per minute, 1,000 total requests per day, and a daily quota of 5 million tokens.204800

Input$0.2 /M
Output$0.2 /M
Minimax logo
Coding MiniMax M2 (free)
Minimax · text → text

coding-minimax-m2-free is a free and open version offered by AIHubMix specifically for MiniMax users. To maintain stable service operations, the following usage limits apply: a maximum of 5 requests per minute, 500 total requests per day, and a daily quota of 1 million tokens.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Coding MiniMax M2
Coding MiniMax M2 (free)
Input /M
$0.2
$0
Output /M
$0.2
$0
Cache read /M
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Context length
204,800
204,800
Max output
13,100
13,100
Time to First Token
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Throughput
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Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

coding-minimax-m2coding-minimax-m2-free

Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
coding-minimax-m2coding-minimax-m2-free
12601300134013801420
Overall
13461346
Coding
13851385
Math
13551356
Hard prompts
13681368
Instruction following
13391340
Multi-turn
13641364
Creative writing
12881288
Longer query
13431343
Chinese
13871388
English
13711371
WebDev Arena
coding-minimax-m2coding-minimax-m2-free
1240128013201360
Overall
13051305
HTML
13121312
Gaming
12811281
Simulations
12631263
Data analytics
13361336

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Coding MiniMax M2 (free)
$0.00 /mo
Coding MiniMax M2
$15.00 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Coding MiniMax M2: 1385; Coding MiniMax M2 (free): 1385 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Coding MiniMax M2 accepts 204,800 and Coding MiniMax M2 (free) accepts 204,800 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 13,100 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2 and 13,100 tokens on Coding MiniMax M2 (free).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Coding MiniMax M2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Coding MiniMax M2 (free) accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Coding MiniMax M2 and Coding MiniMax M2 (free) with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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