MiniMax: MiniMax M3

Video input Image input Text input Text output
Author's 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,...

Key Specifications
Cost
$$$$
Context
524K
Released
May 31, 2026
Speed
Ability
Reliability
Supported Parameters

This model supports the following parameters:

Response Format Tool Choice Include Reasoning Temperature Tools Max Tokens Reasoning Top P
Features

This model supports the following features:

Reasoning Tools Response Format
Performance Summary

The MiniMax M3, a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax, demonstrates a balanced performance profile with exceptional reliability. It exhibits moderate speed, ranking in the 24th percentile, and offers moderate pricing, positioned in the 36th percentile across various benchmarks. A standout feature is its perfect reliability, achieving a 100% success rate, indicating consistent and dependable operation without technical failures. In terms of capabilities, MiniMax M3 shows strong performance in several key areas. It excels in Coding and Mathematics, achieving 95.0% accuracy in both, placing it in the 91st and 86th percentiles respectively. Its Reasoning abilities are also robust, with 96.0% accuracy (82nd percentile). The model demonstrates good general knowledge (99.5% accuracy, 72nd percentile) and effectively handles hallucination prevention, scoring 98.0% accuracy (65th percentile). While its Instruction Following (66.0% accuracy, 62nd percentile) and Email Classification (98.0% accuracy, 60th percentile) are solid, its Ethics performance, at 98.0% accuracy, falls into the 35th percentile, suggesting room for improvement relative to other models in this specific domain. The model's primary weakness lies in its speed, with consistently longer durations across most benchmarks.

Model Pricing

Current Pricing

Feature Price (per 1M tokens)
Prompt $0.3
Completion $1.2
Input Cache Read $0.06

Price History

Available Endpoints
Provider Endpoint Name Context Length Pricing (Input) Pricing (Output)
Minimax
Minimax | minimax/minimax-m3-20260531 524K $0.3 / 1M tokens $1.2 / 1M tokens
Benchmark Results
Benchmark Category Reasoning Strategy Free Executions Accuracy Cost Duration
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