Model detail
MiniMax-M3
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, and tool use. It is built on MiniMax Sparse Attention (MSA), which replaces full attention with KV-block selection to cut per-token compute at long context — roughly 1/20 the cost of the previous generation at 1M tokens, with substantially faster prefill and decode while retaining quality across most tasks. Trained as a native multimodal model on interleaved data and tuned for multi-turn, production-like collaboration via an interactive user-simulator framework, the model is oriented toward sustained, multi-step tasks rather than single-turn execution.
Model specs
- Context length
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- Max output
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- I/O modalities
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- Released
- 2026-05
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API endpoints
One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible
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OpenAI-compatible
/v1/chat/completionsPOST
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Tiered pricing
Unit: /1M Tokens
| Tier | Input /1M Tokens | Output /1M Tokens | Cache read /1M Tokens |
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| standard Length ≤ 512K | $0.6000 | $2.4000 | $0.1200 |
| long_context Length > 512K | $1.2000 | $4.8000 | $0.2400 |
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Token cost estimator
Live estimate from this page's pricing, not an actual bill
Share of the same prefix read repeatedly, up to 100%
One endpoint, a testable decision
Test this model and alternate routes with the same request format
Start from a real workload, then let quality, total cost, and failure conditions decide whether to send production traffic.