Minimax lists 12 models and Xingchen Agi 1. Below: line-up, price tiers, the cheapest model for each capability, and what each costs for five real workloads.
| Minimax | Xingchen Agi | |
|---|---|---|
| Models listed | 12 | 1 |
| Models with published pricing | 12 | 1 |
| Typical price (median, 3:1 blend per 1M) | $0.52 | n/a |
| Cheapest paid model | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 ($0.43) | n/a |
| Longest context | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (1.0M) | XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) (262K) |
| Free models | 3 | 1 |
| Newest model | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (2026-05-31) | XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) (2026-10-16) |
| Price changes in the last 90 days | 26 | 0 |
For each workload: the cheapest model from each provider that can actually do it (fits the context window; tool calling required for the agent), and its monthly cost at list price.
| Workload (per month) | Minimax | Xingchen Agi |
|---|---|---|
| Customer-support chatbot 50,000 conversations — each a 6-turn conversation | $37.00 with MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | no suitable model |
| RAG search over documents 20,000 questions — each a question answered from ~8 retrieved passages | $35.00 with MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | no suitable model |
| Coding / tool-using agent 2,000 tasks — each a multi-step task with tool calls and file context | $42.84 with MiniMax: MiniMax M2 | no suitable model |
| Batch summarisation 10,000 documents — each a 6,000-word report summarised to a page | $22.60 with MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | no suitable model |
| Long-document analysis 500 documents — each a 150-page contract or codebase read in one pass | $11.10 with MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | no suitable model |
| You need | Minimax | Xingchen Agi |
|---|---|---|
| Any model | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 ($0.43) | none listed |
| With tool calling | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 ($0.44) | none listed |
| With image input | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 ($0.43) | none listed |
| With reasoning mode | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 ($0.44) | none listed |
| 128K+ context | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 ($0.43) | none listed |
| 1M+ context | MiniMax: MiniMax-01 ($0.43) | none listed |
| Model type | Minimax | Xingchen Agi |
|---|---|---|
| text+image+video->text | 3 | 0 |
| text+image->text | 1 | 0 |
| text->text | 8 | 1 |
| Price per 1M (3:1 blend) | Minimax | Xingchen Agi |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 3 | 1 |
| Under $0.50 | 3 | 0 |
| $0.50 – $3 | 6 | 0 |
| $3 – $10 | 0 | 0 |
| $10 and up | 0 | 0 |
It depends on the job: Minimax offers the broader line-up (12 models vs 1), Minimax the longest context (1.0M tokens). The workload table above shows which wins for chat, RAG, agents, batch jobs and long documents.
Minimax: Minimax lists 12 models and Xingchen Agi lists 1.
Minimax: Minimax's longest is MiniMax: MiniMax M3 at 1.0M tokens; Xingchen Agi's is XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free) at 262K.
Minimax: 3 free models (e.g. MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)). Xingchen Agi: 1 free model (e.g. XingChen: Xing4.0 29B A4B (free)).
Minimax: 4 of 12 models accept images. Xingchen Agi: 0 of 1.