MiniMax: MiniMax M3
minimax/minimax-m3- Context window
- 1,048,576 tokens
- Maximum output
- 512,000 tokens
- Input price
- $0.3 per 1M tokens
- Output price
- $1.2 per 1M tokens
- Modalities
- text, image, video
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Official description
MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...
Read the official model reference ↗.
Where this model fits
minimax/minimax-m3 is part of the OpenRouter API catalog. Its documented modalities are text, image, video. Choose it against the request format, output requirements and operational limits of your application.
The source metadata identifies support for router hosting. Confirm endpoint-specific parameters in the official reference before integrating that capability.
For a repeatable evaluation, use representative requests, inspect structured output or tool calls, and log latency and usage in your own account. Catalog metadata establishes compatibility; it does not measure answer quality on your workload. Start from the provider guide for authentication and endpoint setup.
Current pricing
| Model | Price type | USD | Unit | Tier | Region | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Cached Input | $0.06 | per 1M tokens | Standard | See source | Official source ↗ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Input | $0.3 | per 1M tokens | Standard | See source | Official source ↗ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Output | $1.2 | per 1M tokens | Standard | See source | Official source ↗ |
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Estimate request, daily and monthly usage in the API cost calculator.
Rate limits and availability
Published limits have not yet been verified for this selection. Check the official limits documentation and your account console.
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Account-specific capacity may differ. Check the provider rate-limit guide and the free-tier conditions.
Three alternatives to compare
These alternatives share a documented modality and have the closest combination of input price and context size in the current catalog. This is a specification comparison, not a quality benchmark.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.3 | 1,048,576 | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.3 | 1,048,576 | |
| Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash | OpenRouter | $0.3 | 1,048,576 |
Use the exact identifier in Python
This identifier fragment belongs in the authenticated request described in the provider Python tutorial. The tutorial covers the correct SDK, endpoint, environment variable and response shape.
model = "minimax\/minimax-m3"
# Pass model to the provider-specific request in the tutorial.Recent changes
- OpenRouter · MiniMax: MiniMax M3 — Amount UsdNot previously recorded → Price category: cached_input · USD: 0.06 · Unit: per 1M tokensSource ↗
- OpenRouter · MiniMax: MiniMax M3 — Amount UsdNot previously recorded → Price category: output · USD: 1.2 · Unit: per 1M tokensSource ↗
- OpenRouter · MiniMax: MiniMax M3 — Amount UsdNot previously recorded → Price category: input · USD: 0.3 · Unit: per 1M tokensSource ↗
- OpenRouter · MiniMax: MiniMax M3 — First SeenNot previously recorded → Model: MiniMax: MiniMax M3Source ↗
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Frequently asked questions
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minimax/minimax-m3 exactly as shown in the provider model reference. Display names are not interchangeable with API identifiers.How much does this model cost?
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