MiniMax-M3
MiniMax · Released 1 Jun 2026 · MiniMax-M3
$0.30
Input price / 1M tokens
#9 of 61, cheapest first
$1.20
Output price / 1M tokens
#8 of 61, cheapest first
1M
Context window
#29 of 71
88
Output tokens / second
#34 of 61
83.5%
BrowseComp
#6 of 7
Summary
MiniMax-M3 is an open-weight model from MiniMax, released on 1 Jun 2026.
At $0.30 input and $1.20 output per million tokens, it is #9 of 61 on input price, cheapest first.
Its 1M-token context window ranks #29 of 71.
Measured output speed is 88 tokens per second, #34 of 61.
MiniMax's latest pay-as-you-go language model: native multimodal (text, image, video), about 428B total and 23B active parameters, 1M context via MiniMax Sparse Attention. The MiniMax Community License grants rights for non-commercial use; commercial use requires showing "Built with MiniMax M3" and either a one-time notice to MiniMax or, above $20M yearly revenue, prior written authorization.
Benchmarks · 2 reported
| Benchmark | Score | Bar | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | #6 of 7 | MiniMax M3 model pageSelf-reported | |
| PostTrainBench12-hour autonomous run | 37.1% | – | MiniMax M3 model pageSelf-reported |
Self-reported means the lab ran the test itself. A rank appears only where several labs report the same version of a benchmark.
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Sources
- price, long-context tier, priority tier: platform.minimax.io/docs/pricing/overview, checked 2 Oct 2026
- context 1,000,000: platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/text-generation, checked 2 Oct 2026
- max output 524,288: platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/text-chat-openai, checked 2 Oct 2026
- release date: platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models, checked 2 Oct 2026
- parameters, license: huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, checked 2 Oct 2026
- benchmarks: minimax.io/models/text/m3, checked 2 Oct 2026
- output speed: artificialanalysis.ai/models/minimax-m3, checked 2 Oct 2026
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