MiniMax-M3
minimax · minimax/MiniMax-M3
MiniMax multimodal model for long-context coding, perception, and agent planning
≈699k Chinese characters of context · Reads images · Step-by-step reasoning · Calls tools / agents · Structured JSON output · Open weights, self-hostable
Read a 200,000-Chinese-character book and write a 2,000-Chinese-character summary: about $0.09
An order-of-magnitude estimate at 1.5 tokens per Chinese character and the vendor's own rate — not a quote. Full method: the glossary on the AI Models page.
Specs
| Context | 1,048,576(≈699k Chinese characters) |
|---|---|
| Max output | 512,000 |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Open weights | Yes |
| Released | 2026-06-01 |
Source: models.dev snapshot 2026-08-29
Who serves it, at what price
| Provider | In /M | Out /M | Cache read /M |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax (minimax.io)first-party | $0.3 | $1.2 | $0.06 |
| Jalapeno Cloud | $0.3 | $1.2 | — |
| MiniMax (minimaxi.com) | $0.3 | $1.2 | $0.06 |
| MiniMax Token Plan (minimaxi.com) | Billed by plan | Billed by plan | $0 |
| MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.io) | Billed by plan | Billed by plan | $0 |
| SCNet Token Plan | Billed by plan | Billed by plan | $0 |
| Vancine | $0.24 | $0.96 | $0.048 |
| Wafer | $0.33 | $1.32 | $0.07 |
Rows tagged “first-party” are the model vendor's own pricing; untagged rows are resale channels and may differ.
When to choose it
This model is on our watch list but has no written assessment yet — we do not write what we cannot support. The specs and prices above still stand.
Leaderboard
Not yet on any leaderboard we track. That does not mean the model performs poorly — it means we have not taken this snapshot for it yet, and we do not publish a score we have not measured.