MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Inkling 2 Small (free)

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 10 November 2026.

MiniMaxAI · A · Open weights

Params

220.5 B

Context

—

30d

53 K

thinkingmachines · B · API-only

Input / 1M

Free

Output / 1M

Free

AA index

30.6

proprietary · 1M context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification	MiniMax-M3.1-Flash	Inkling 2 Small (free)
Deployment	Open weights · also via API	API-only (closed weights)
Parameters	220.5 B	n/a — API-only
Architecture	MiniMaxM3SparseForConditionalGeneration	n/a — API-only
Context length	1,048,576	1,048,576
Licence	other	Proprietary
Commercial use	Unknown	Per API terms
Languages	—	n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d	53,060	n/a — API-only
Downloads all time	53 K	n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	n/a — API-only
Gated	No	n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub	2026-10-17	n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens	$0.15	Free
API output price / 1M tokens	$0.60	Free
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens	$0.75	Free
Cached input / 1M tokens	$0.015	—
AA Intelligence Index	29.1	30.6
AA Coding Index	—	—
AA Agentic Index	—	—
Max output tokens	524,288	131,072
API providers	12	—
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Reasoning mode	Yes	Yes

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash $0.75

Inkling 2 Small (free) Free

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash · fp16 311.2 GB / 24 GB

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