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MODEL PROOF # MiniMax M3 MiniMax · 31 May 2026 · minimax-community Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic BETTER VALUE OPTION ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. **$0.485** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Serving precision differs between offers. [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) · Δ score 37.5 points · 51% lower measured price · $0.238 / 1M tokens [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) is a further stored option with these losses: no video input Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [Vendor cross-check](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,432.1 ± 3.92 · 58,757 votes Context window 1.05M Maximum output 512K Input modalities text, image, video Output modalities text Published input price $0.280 / 1M tokens Published output price $1.10 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from DeepInfra: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Cheaper right now: $0.413/M at CoreWeave — 4-bit It does not pass the like-for-like test, so it never sets a rank. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.280 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $1.10 /M | | Cached input | $0.056 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.280/M from DeepInfra. 13 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller CoreWeave coreweave/fp4 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.050 Context limit 262,144 tokens Output limit 235,929 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 98.23% | Input $0.230 | Output $0.960 | Precision fp4 | Uptime (1d) 98.47% | | Seller GMICloud gmicloud/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.048 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 524,288 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount 20% · already included in these rates Uptime · last 30 minutes 98.79% | Input $0.240 | Output $0.960 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.22% | | Seller DeepInfra deepinfra/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.056 Context limit 524,288 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.77% | Input $0.280 | Output $1.10 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.86% | | Seller StreamLake streamlake/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 512,000 tokens Tools Not listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount 50% · already included in these rates Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.43% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 98.69% | | Seller Venice venice/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 524,288 tokens Output limit 65,536 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 97.21% | | Seller Parasail parasail/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 524,288 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.95% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.86% | | Seller AtlasCloud atlas-cloud/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 524,300 tokens Output limit 524,288 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.62% | | Seller Novita novita/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 1,000,000 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.76% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.44% | | Seller Minimax minimax/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 524,288 tokens Output limit 512,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.86% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.67% | | Seller Together together Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 524,288 tokens Output limit 471,859 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.82% | Input $0.300 | Output $1.20 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.26% | | Seller Mara mara Endpoint terms Cached input /M Unknown Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 943,718 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 96.00% | Input $0.600 | Output $2.40 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 93.42% | | Seller SambaNova sambanova Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.060 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 943,718 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 96.18% | Input $0.600 | Output $2.40 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 96.17% | | Seller ModelRun modelrun/fp4 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.150 Context limit 1,048,576 tokens Output limit 943,718 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 97.42% | Input $0.750 | Output $3.00 | Precision fp4 | Uptime (1d) 97.84% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1432.1 default | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - Htmlslides #12 1180 - Python pptxslides #14 1204 - Full-stack apps #18 1196 - Agenticgamedev #19 1158 - Web apps #21 1192 - Mobile apps #23 1167 - Native Android apps #23 1171 - Websites #31 1264 Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list. ### Capability | Context window | 1M | | --- | --- | | Max output | 512K | | Input modes | text, image, video | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | yes | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | | Cross-checked | [vendor page](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | People search MiniMax. This page is MiniMax M3, not M2.7 and not a MiniMax subscription. This catalogue does not publish a parameter count. A missing count is not a guess. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo. 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,... ## Questions this page answers What does MiniMax M3 cost? $0.280/M in, $1.10/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does MiniMax M3 have an independent quality score? MiniMax M3 has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats MiniMax M3? GLM 5.3 Flash has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for MiniMax M3? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Is the cheapest MiniMax M3 endpoint the same product? Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.280/M from DeepInfra. How many parameters does MiniMax M3 have? This catalogue does not publish a parameter count for MiniMax M3. A missing count is not a guess. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options MiniMax: MiniMax M3. Balanced workload. Better value option available. Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026. Copy model link Download square card · 1080 × 1080 Copy landscape image Share landscape card ## Related - Both better and cheaper [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) - Higher score and cheaper, with a named trade [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4.1-flash/) - Side by side [MiniMax M2.7](/compare/minimax__minimax-m2.7--vs--minimax__minimax-m3/) - Nearby on the capability axis [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423](/models/deepseek__deepseek-v4-flash/) - Same vendor [MiniMax M2.7](/models/minimax__minimax-m2.7/) - MiniMax models [MiniMax](/providers/minimax/) - Where this model appears [self-host](/self-host/) - Side by side [GLM 5.3](/compare/minimax__minimax-m3--vs--z-ai__glm-5.3/) - Nearby on the capability axis [GPT-5.6 Luna](/models/openai__gpt-5.6-luna/) - Same vendor [MiniMax M2.5](/models/minimax__minimax-m2.5/) - Where this model appears [disagreement](/disagreement/) - Nearby on the capability axis [GLM 4.5](/models/z-ai__glm-4.5/) ## Badge The verdict as one SVG, for a README or a docs page. 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