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
Supported Parameters
This model supports the following parameters:
Features
This model supports the following features:
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 |
|---|
Other Models by minimax
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Released | Params | Context |
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Speed | Ability | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 Unavailable | Mar 18, 2026 | — | 204K |
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 | Mar 18, 2026 | — | 204K |
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 | Feb 12, 2026 | — | 204K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2-her | Jan 23, 2026 | — | 65K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★ | $$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2.1 | Dec 22, 2025 | ~10B | 204K |
Text input
Text output
|
★★ | ★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M2 | Oct 23, 2025 | ~230B | 196K |
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★ | $$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M1 | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 1M |
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★★★★ | $$$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax M1 (extended) Unavailable | Jun 17, 2025 | — | 128K |
Text input
Text output
|
★ | ★ | $$$$ |
| MiniMax: MiniMax-01 | Jan 14, 2025 | ~456B | 1M |
Image input
Text input
Text output
|
★★★ | ★★ | $$$ |