MiniMax M3

MiniMax · MiniMax M · budget · released May 31, 2026 · minimax-m3

Multimodal foundation model accepting text, image, and video input with a 1M-token context window, suited to long-horizon agentic work and coding.

Pricing

Input$0.30 / 1M checked Jul 19, 2026
Output$1.20 / 1M checked Jul 19, 2026
Cost bandUltra-budget
Free tierNo free API tier documented.

Limits

Context window1M checked Jul 19, 2026
DeploymentMiniMax API
OpenAI-compatible APIYes
ModalitiesText, Image input, Video input

Where it fits

Best forVideo-aware pipelines and long-context agents on a budget.
Business fitOne of the few budget models with native video input.

Capabilities

Function callingStructured outputs

Change history

Data

Last checkedJul 19, 2026
Cross-checked againstopenrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-m3

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