MiniMax M2 vs Particle AI Particle-1
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Particle-1 accepts longer prompts: 1M vs 205K tokens.
- Particle-1's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 98.0% vs 96.9%.
- Particle-1 is the newer model (released 2026-10-28).
| MiniMax M2 | Particle-1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | MiniMax | Particle AI |
| Released | 2025-10-23 | 2026-10-28 |
| Input / 1M | $0.255 | $0.25 |
| Output / 1M | $1.02 | $1.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.03 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.446 | $0.438 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 131K |
| Accepts | text | text, image |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $1.02 | $1.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 96.9% | 98.0% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
MiniMax M2
$30.60 per month$1.02 per day
Particle-1
$30.00 per month$1.00 per day
Particle-1 saves $0.60 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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