AI Rate CardSeed 1.6 vs MiniMax-M2.1: API price and specs
Seed 1.6 is 42% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.1 on input price.
MiniMax-M2.1 is 31% cheaper than Seed 1.6 on output price.
Seed 1.6 is 28% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.1 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Seed 1.6 has a 28% larger context than MiniMax-M2.1.
| Field | Seed 1.6 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.12 | $0.20 +72.5% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.25 | $0.30 +20% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.29 +45% | $0.20 |
| Median output, per 1M | $2.00 +66.7% | $1.20 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.17 | $0.24 +38% |
| Context | 262K | 205K +21.9% |
| Max output | 64K +68.8% | 205K |
| Providers | 9 +57.1% | 21 |
| Regions | APAC | APAC, EU, US |
| Accepts | image, image/bmp, image/gif, image/heic, image/jp2, image/jpeg, image/png, image/sgi, image/tiff, image/webp, image/x-icns, image/x-icon, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-msvideo | text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | yes |
| Cheapest provider | qiniu-ai | aihubmix |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, aiml, edenai, kilo, ofox, openrouter, qiniu-ai, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Seed 1.6 or MiniMax-M2.1?
Seed 1.6 is 42% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.1 on input price. MiniMax-M2.1 is 31% cheaper than Seed 1.6 on output price. Seed 1.6 is 28% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.1 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Seed 1.6 or MiniMax-M2.1?
Seed 1.6: 262K tokens; MiniMax-M2.1: 205K tokens.
Where can I use both Seed 1.6 and MiniMax-M2.1?
aihubmix, aiml, edenai, kilo, ofox, openrouter, qiniu-ai, trustedrouter, vercel