This model accepts text, pictures, and video inputs, and can process up to 1000 pages of information to generate responses up to 520 pages long. It excels at complex tasks like coding, cybersecurity, and advanced problem-solving. Its ability to handle video input and its high ranking in reasoning set it apart from other models. However, it cannot search the web or structure data into specific formats.
MiniMax-01
by MiniMaxReleased 15 January 2025
MiniMax's model pairing a text generator with an image reader, a 456B mixture-of-experts with 45.9B active whose mix of lightning and standard attention lets it take in up to 4 million tokens at once
Reads about 1 000 pages · writes up to 900 pages
Parameters you can send
Standard OpenAI fields, grouped by what they control. Anything not listed is accepted and ignored.
Shaping the reply
How long, how varied, where to stop.
max_tokenstemperaturetop_pQuestions about MiniMax-01
Is MiniMax-01 still on sale?
No. MiniMax has retired it. Other MiniMax models are on sale.
What is MiniMax-01 best for?
MiniMax's model pairing a text generator with an image reader, a 456B mixture-of-experts with 45.9B active whose mix of lightning and standard attention lets it take in up to 4 million tokens at once.
Does MiniMax-01 work in Arabic, French or Darja?
MiniMax names no languages for MiniMax-01. Arabic, French and Darja: not stated.
Can it read PDFs, images or a whole book?
It reads text and images. Up to 1M tokens in one request, about 1 000 pages. It writes up to 675 000 words at once.
Is MiniMax-01 open source?
Yes, its weights are public. Open weights on Hugging Face
Who makes MiniMax-01, and when was it released?
MiniMax. Released 15 January 2025. It knows the world up to 31 March 2024.
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