MiniMax M3 API Pricing 2026
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Overview
MiniMax M3 was released on May 31, 2026. Pricing starts at $0.240 per million input tokens and $0.960 per million output tokens. The model supports a context window of up to 1.0M tokens. API access is available through Minimax.
MiniMax M3 is priced at $0.240 per million input tokens and $0.960 per million output tokens. It has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens. It is available from 12 providers, with GMICloud the cheapest at $0.240 per million input tokens (input prices range from $0.240 to $0.750). It runs at roughly 104 tokens per second with a 1.17s time to first token. On benchmarks, MiniMax M3 scores Intelligence 45.4 (97th percentile), Coding 58.6 (84th percentile), GPQA 92.9 (99th percentile). Over the past ~90 days its cheapest input price has fallen 20%, from $0.300 to $0.240 per million tokens.
Pricing Comparison
Compare MiniMax M3 with 10 similar models by price.
Current Pricing (per 1M tokens)
11 models
Provider | Model | Input $/M | Output $/M | Coding | MMLU | GPQA | Context | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MM | $0.240 | $0.960 | — | — | 92.9 | 1,048,576 | ||
$0.200 | $0.200 | — | — | — | 2,048 | |||
$0.200 | $0.200 | — | — | — | 32,768 | |||
$0.200 | $0.200 | — | — | — | 2,048 | |||
$0.207 | $0.828 | 74.7 | 81.3 | 76.4 | 256,000 | |||
DS | $0.209 | $0.310 | 59.3 | 83.7 | 75.1 | 163,840 | ||
AR | $0.220 | $0.800 | — | — | — | 262,144 | ||
QW | $0.220 | $0.900 | 58.5 | 78.8 | 61.8 | 262,144 | ||
IB | $0.220 | $0.590 | — | — | — | 4,096 | ||
MM | $0.225 | $0.900 | — | — | 84.8 | 196,608 | ||
QW | $0.230 | $0.900 | — | — | — | 262,144 |
* Some models use tiered pricing based on prompt length. Displayed prices are for prompts ≤ 200k tokens.
Compare Providers
MiniMax M3 is available from multiple providers with different pricing and availability.
Provider Pricing
12 models
Provider | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cache Read $/M | Cache Write $/M | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GMICloud Best Price | $0.240 | $0.960 | $0.048 | - | 98.2% |
$0.280 | $1.100 | $0.056 | - | 100.0% | |
$0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 99.9% | |
Minimax | $0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 99.9% |
 Morph | $0.300 | $1.200 | - | - | 98.1% |
A AtlasCloud | $0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 99.7% |
$0.300 | $1.200 | - | - | - | |
V Venice | $0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 100.0% |
$0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 99.6% | |
S StreamLake | $0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | 98.4% |
 OpenRouter | $0.300 | $1.200 | $0.060 | - | - |
M ModelRun | $0.750 | $3.000 | $0.150 | - | 100.0% |
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