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MiniMax-M3 is MiniMax’s open-weights AI model, released Jun 1, 2026. It costs $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output tokens, and handles a 1M-token context window.

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax.

Context
1M
Input
$0.30 / 1M
Output
$1.20 / 1M
Cheapest via DeepInfra
$0.28 / $1.10 / 1M
Released
Jun 1, 2026
Modalities
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Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where MiniMax-M3 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

44.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
44th percentile of tracked models
59.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
59th percentile of tracked models
54.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
54th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

3 evals
GPQA Diamond90.9%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam39.0%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench45.8%

Common-sense trick questions

Coding

2 evals
SciCode47.1%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1488

Human-rated web development

Math

1 evals
AIME 2024/202571.1%

Olympiad-qualifier math

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
τ²-bench88.9%

Tool-agent-user reliability

Changelog

3
  • MiniMax-M3: cheapest credible provider via DeepInfra now $0.28 per 1M input tokens (was $0.3, -7%)cheapest provider · Aug 12, 2026
  • MiniMax-M3: cheapest credible provider via DeepInfra now $1.1 per 1M output tokens (was $1.2, -8%)cheapest provider · Aug 12, 2026
  • MiniMax-M3: Humanity's Last Exam improved from 37.1% to 39.0% (+5%)benchmark · Aug 6, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax.

Who created MiniMax-M3?

MiniMax-M3 is an AI model developed by MiniMax, part of the MiniMax family, released Jun 1, 2026.

How much does MiniMax-M3 cost?

MiniMax-M3's list price from MiniMax is $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (DeepInfra) serves it at $0.28/$1.10 per 1M.

What is MiniMax-M3's context window?

MiniMax-M3 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens.

How does MiniMax-M3 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, MiniMax-M3 scores 90.9% on GPQA Diamond, 39.0% on Humanity's Last Exam, 1488 on WebDev Arena.

Is MiniMax-M3 open source?

MiniMax-M3 is released with open weights (Open weights (restricted use)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 17, 2026.