LongCat-Flash-Thinking vs MiniMax M2.1: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

CharacteristicLongCat-Flash-ThinkingMiniMax M2.1
CompanyMeituanMiniMax
Release DateSeptember 21, 2025December 22, 2025
Parameters560B
MultimodalNoNo
Context (input)1.0M
Context (output)100K
Input Price / 1M$0.30
Output Price / 1M$1.20
Average Score0.90.9
Benchmarks
MMLU-Pro0.80.9
GPQA0.80.8

Visual Benchmark Comparison

LongCat-Flash-Thinking
MiniMax M2.1
MMLU-Pro0.8 vs 0.9
0.8
0.9
GPQA0.8 vs 0.8
0.8
0.8

Verdict

MiniMax M2.1 leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: LongCat-Flash-Thinking — 0.9, MiniMax M2.1 — 0.9.

Recency

MiniMax M2.1 is newer: released 12/22/2025 vs 9/21/2025.

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