# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

> MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a proprietary language model from MiniMax, released on 19 Oct 2026. It accepts text, images and video and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 524K output tokens per response. As of 21 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens (MiniMax API), across 2 providers we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/minimax-m3-1-flash
Last verified: 21 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** MiniMax
- **Release date:** 19 Oct 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Context window:** 1M (1,000,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Max output:** 524K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and video (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)
- **Structured output:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/minimax/models/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | Free | Free | – | 1M |
| MiniMax API | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.01 | 1M |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 524,288 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the MiniMax-M3.1-Flash API cost?

Through MiniMax API, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 21 Oct 2026.

### Is MiniMax-M3.1-Flash open source?

No. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a proprietary model; MiniMax has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Vercel AI Gateway, MiniMax API.

### When was MiniMax-M3.1-Flash released?

MiniMax released MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on 19 Oct 2026, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?

We track MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on 2 providers: Vercel AI Gateway, MiniMax API.

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