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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch)

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. $0.30 per million input tokens, $1.20 per million output tokens. 524,288 token context window. Higher uptime with 12 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

Overview

Model specifications

Context
524,288 tokens
Maximum output
471,859 tokens
Architecture
text+image+video->text
Tokenizer
Other
Knowledge cutoff
Not provided
Moderated
No
OPENROUTER

Complete pricing

Synchronized OpenRouter rates. Token prices are shown per one million tokens.

Input
$0.3
/M tokens
Output
$1.2
/M tokens
Cache read
$0.06
/M tokens
API

Model configuration

Default parameters

temperature
1
top_p
0.95

Reasoning

Moderated
No
Default parameters
No
API

Quick start

Call this exact model ID through OpenRouter’s OpenAI-compatible API.

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/minimax-m3:batch","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'
Capabilities

InputOutput

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text
Reasoning

No

API

Supported API parameters

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_p
Available providers

11 providers

Live providers on OpenRouter

Provider availability, latency, throughput and routing can change continuously. Open the source page for current operational data.

OpenRouter

CoreWeave

fp4
Context
262K
Maximum output
236K
Input
$0.230
Output
$0.960
Cache read
$0.050
Cache write
Not provided

DeepInfra

fp8
Context
524K
Maximum output
512K
Input
$0.280
Output
$1.10
Cache read
$0.056
Cache write
Not provided

AtlasCloud

fp8
Context
524K
Maximum output
524K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

Parasail

fp8
Context
1.0M
Maximum output
524K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

Novita

fp8
Context
1M
Maximum output
131K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

StreamLake

fp8
Context
1M
Maximum output
512K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

Venice

fp8
Context
524K
Maximum output
66K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

Minimax

fp8
Context
524K
Maximum output
512K
Input
$0.300
Output
$1.20
Cache read
$0.060
Cache write
Not provided

SambaNova

unknown
Context
1.0M
Maximum output
944K
Input
$0.600
Output
$2.40
Cache read
Not provided
Cache write
Not provided

GMICloud

fp8
Context
1.0M
Maximum output
944K
Input
$0.600
Output
$2.40
Cache read
$0.120
Cache write
Not provided

ModelRun

fp4
Context
1.0M
Maximum output
944K
Input
$0.750
Output
$3.00
Cache read
$0.150
Cache write
Not provided
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