Model provider / MiniMax

MiniMax M2.7 (free)

Asia · China · First tracked 28 Aug 2026 · Pricing verified 4 Sep 2026

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Global rank
#29

Ranked 29 of the tracked routed-model set.

0.48%Routed share
▲ 31Place this week
2 weeksRanked · 0 in top 3
Low costPrice position
Live model recordTrailing seven days ending 4 Sep 2026 · refreshed daily
The current read

What the evidence shows today.

The page leads with what has been observed, then separates price, capability and history so a buyer can see both the signal and its limits.

Adoption
+0.44 percentage points

Routed share moved from 0.04% to 0.48% across 2 tracked weeks.

Economics
$0 in · $0 out

Per one million tokens. Cached input is not publicly disclosed.

Operating fit
196K context · open weights

Reasoning and tool calling are supported.

Model economics

Published price, translated into a workload.

Live per-token pricing via OpenRouter, verified 4 Sep 2026. Batch and long-context tiers are not published in the feed, so they are omitted rather than estimated.

Input
$0.00
/ 1M tokens
Output
$0.00
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not published
/ 1M tokens
Free tier
Available
on OpenRouter
Context window
197K
tokens
Weights
Open weights
license basis
Estimated monthly cost
$0
Input (uncached)$0
Cached input$0
Output$0
$0 per completed task

An estimate from published per-token pricing and your assumptions. Actual costs vary by provider and usage tier.

Compare the same workload
MiniMax M2.7 (free) (You)$0
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Google Gemini 2.5 Flash$0
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5$0

Same workload as the calculator above, at each model's current price. Monthly USD.

Price and adoption

Every point is an observed week.

Routed-token share over time, with no interpolation presented as evidence. A price line joins it as real changes are recorded.

0%1%2% 0.48% 28 Aug 2026: 0.04%4 Sep 2026: 0.48% 28 Aug4 Sep
All 2 tracked weeks · 28 Aug to 4 Sep. Longer periods open as the record grows.
Price-to-adoption position
High-growth challenger

Low cost · adoption rising. Observed relationship, not proof of causation.

Operating profile

What it supports, and what remains undisclosed.

Verified support, explicit non-support and missing disclosure read differently on purpose. A blank is never made to look like a negative finding.

Capabilities
Context window197K
Reasoning Supported
Tool calling Supported
Structured output Not supported
Image input Not supported
Audio input Not supported
Video input Not supported
Open weights Yes
API availability Yes
Commercial licenseVerify terms with the provider
Model facts
Observed by yellow3
Current rank
#29
Peak rank
#29
Routed share
0.48%
Peak share
0.48%
Weeks ranked
2
First tracked
28 Aug 2026
Region of origin
Asia · China
Model facts
Provider
MiniMax
Model family
Not publicly disclosed
Release date
Not publicly disclosed
Type
Text
Modalities
text
Context window
197K tokens
Weights
Open weight
License
Not publicly disclosed
99.92%Availability (30d)
0.08%Error / downtime

Median provider uptime across OpenRouter endpoints, last 30 days. Latency and throughput are not published by the source and are not estimated here.

Why it is moving

Observed first. Interpreted only when sourced.

Observed data

In the week ending 4 Sep 2026, MiniMax M2.7 (free) rose 31 places to #29 with 0.48% of routed tokens and a peak rank of #29.

yellow3 analysis

A sourced weekly interpretation of what is driving this model's routing is added as the record accumulates. yellow3 does not publish a reason for movement unless the routed-traffic data or a cited source supports it.

History and evidence

The record behind the headline.

The current position stays connected to every observed week, price change and milestone.

Weekly rank and routed-share history for MiniMax M2.7 (free)
Week endingRankRouted shareΔ shareMovementRegion rankStatus
4 Sep 2026#290.48%+0.44▲ 31places up#16ranked
28 Aug 2026#600.04%NEW#24NEW
Price history
DateInput / 1MOutput / 1MChangeSource
4 Sep 2026$0.00$0.00OpenRouter listed price

Price history begins when yellow3 started tracking this model and accrues one point per change from here. Only real, observed price changes are recorded.

Milestones
  • 28 Aug 2026First trackedDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 4 Sep 2026Peak routed share 0.48%Derived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
  • 4 Sep 2026Biggest weekly rise +31 placesDerived from yellow3 routed-traffic data
Sources and methodology

Every claim keeps its route back to evidence.

Region reflects where the model's developer is headquartered. Figures are OpenRouter routing traffic, aggregated over a trailing seven days - developer routing behaviour, not the whole market.

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