MiniMax · Released Jun 1, 2026MiniMax-M3
MiniMax multimodal model for long-context coding, perception, and agent planning.
- Capability
- 147.0ECI · #62 of 148
- Input
- $0.30per 1M tokens
- Output
- $1.20per 1M tokens
- Context
- 1.05M512K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.30per million tokens
- Output
- $1.20per million tokens
- Cached input
- $0.06per million tokens
- Over 512K tokens
- $0.60 / $2.40input / output per million
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.525cheaper than 59% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.20 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $13.50 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $135.00 |
Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
#62 of 148 scored models
The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (142.7–149.8); the tick marks the median scored model.
Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of MiniMax.
The details
- Lab
- MiniMax
- Released
- Jun 1, 2026
- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Max output
- 512,000 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Can be switched on or off
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
MiniMax-M3on MiniMax (minimax.io)- Availability
- 42 API providerslisted on models.dev
What MiniMax claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
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About MiniMax-M3
How much does MiniMax-M3 cost?
MiniMax-M3 costs $0.30 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). Cached input is $0.06 per million tokens. Requests over 512K tokens are billed at $0.60 input / $2.40 output. At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.525 per million tokens, cheaper than 59% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens per request and can write up to 512,000 tokens in one response.
How good is MiniMax-M3?
Epoch AI gives MiniMax-M3 a Capabilities Index score of 147.0 (likely range 142.7–149.8), ranking it #62 of 148 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 90.9%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 71.1%.
Is MiniMax-M3 open source?
Yes. MiniMax publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does MiniMax-M3 support?
MiniMax-M3 accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was MiniMax-M3 released?
MiniMax released MiniMax-M3 on Jun 1, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to MiniMax-M3?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen3.7 Plus (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 147.4, $0.40 / $1.60), GPT-5.4 nano (OpenAI, ECI 145.8, $0.20 / $1.25), Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (NVIDIA, ECI 146.2, $0.50 / $2.50) and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Google, ECI 145.1, $0.30 / $2.50).