MiniMax M3
Last verified October 22, 2026 · MiniMax pricing ↗$0.300/1M input · $1.20/1M output · 1.0M context · MiniMax
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MiniMaxUPDATED 2026-10-22: MiniMax's pricing page now labels the half price 'Permanent 50% off'. Standard <=512K input: $0.30 input / $0.06 cache read / $1.20 output (list $0.60/$0.12/$2.40). Above 512K: $0.60 / $0.12 / $2.40. Priority tier 1.5x Standard ($0.45/$1.80 under 512K). Artificial Analysis (read 2026-10-22) prices it at $0.30/$1.20: Intelligence Index 29, $0.51 per task. MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs half on input and output and a quarter on cache read. Open weights, 428B total / 23B active, MiniMax Community License. PREVIOUS NOTE: List rate for input <=512K. 7-day launch promo halves to $0.30/$1.20. Cache read $0.12 (promo $0.06). Above 512K input both rates double to $1.20/$4.80. Priority tier $0.90/$3.60. Native image + video input, 128K max output. MiniMax Sparse Attention (MSA). Open weights coming to HF/GitHub. Benchmarks vendor-reported: SWE-Bench Pro 59.0, BrowseComp 83.5, Terminal-Bench 2.1 66.0. Params not disclosed.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.3
Output / 1M tokens
$1.2
Context Window
1.0M
Max Output
131K
Price History
No price change recorded since 2026-08-11, when this site started tracking this model; it launched on 2026-06-01.
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