MiniMax-M3
Summary
MiniMax-M3 is an open-weight language model from MiniMax, released on 1 Jun 2026. It accepts text, images and video and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 512K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.28 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens (DeepInfra), across 9 providers we track.
MiniMax multimodal model for long-context coding, perception, and agent planning
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | MiniMax |
|---|---|
| Release date | 1 Jun 2026 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Open weights [Hugging Face] |
| License | minimax-community [Hugging Face] |
| Parameters | 427B [Hugging Face] |
| Context window | 1M (1,000,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 512K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jan 2025 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text, images and video [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | Yes [models.dev] |
| Hugging Face | MiniMaxAI/Minimax-M3 [Hugging Face] |
MiniMax-M3 API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 | $0.28 | $1.10 | $0.06 | 524K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| MiniMax API MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Hugging Face Inference Providers MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | – | 524K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Nebius AI Studio MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | – | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Fireworks AI accounts/fireworks/routers/minimax-latest | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 512K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Fireworks AI accounts/fireworks/models/minimax-m3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 512K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| SiliconFlow MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Together AI MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 524K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter minimax/minimax-m3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 524K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel AI Gateway minimax/minimax-m3 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | 512K | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of MiniMax-M3?
MiniMax-M3 has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 512,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the MiniMax-M3 API cost?
Through MiniMax API, MiniMax-M3 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. The lowest listed price is $0.28 input / $1.10 output through DeepInfra. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is MiniMax-M3 open source?
MiniMax-M3 is an open-weight model: its weights are published on Hugging Face as MiniMaxAI/Minimax-M3 under the minimax-community license. Check the license terms before commercial use.
When was MiniMax-M3 released?
MiniMax released MiniMax-M3 on 1 Jun 2026, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer MiniMax-M3?
We track MiniMax-M3 on 9 providers: DeepInfra, MiniMax API, Hugging Face Inference Providers, Nebius AI Studio, Fireworks AI, SiliconFlow, Together AI, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-m3
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/deepinfra/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/huggingface/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/nebius/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/fireworks-ai/models/accounts/fireworks/routers/minimax-latest.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/fireworks-ai/models/accounts/fireworks/models/minimax-m3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/siliconflow/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/togetherai/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/minimax/minimax-m3.toml