MiniMax
MiniMax M3
Specs
- Input price
- $0.3/M
- Cached input price
- $0.06/M
- Output price
- $1.2/M
- Context window
- 512K tokens
MiniMax's natively multimodal Mixture-of-Experts model - text, image, and video input from pre-training, MiniMax Sparse Attention, and a 512K-token served context window at budget pricing.
Capabilities
- Natively multimodal MoE trained on text, image, and video from the first step
- MiniMax Sparse Attention for efficient long-context inference
- 512K-token served context window (1M native)
- Agentic coding strength: 59.0% SWE-Bench Pro, 66.0% Terminal-Bench 2.1, and 74.2% MCP Atlas (vendor-reported)
- Built for long-horizon agent workflows and multimodal understanding
Best for
- Multimodal understanding of images and video, as described in the model card
- Agentic coding and software engineering at budget-tier pricing
- Long-horizon automation where context length and cost both matter
Limitations to keep in mind
- Served context is 512K, below the model's native 1M
- Not a diagnostic imaging tool; no radiology or pathology claim
- Vendor-reported benchmarks - treat single rows as directional until third-party reruns
HIPAA-compliant hosting
MiniMax M3 is available under our HIPAA-compliant design-partner program, with a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA), encryption in transit and at rest, and access controls. We are currently onboarding design partners, with general availability coming soon. Run the model behind a unified OpenRouter-style API and swap to another model with a single parameter. For the deployment requirements behind that, see our 2026 guide to HIPAA compliance for AI & LLM APIs.
Pricing in context
Open source models like MiniMax M3 can be served efficiently on optimized inference infrastructure, with savings passed through to you. Exact savings depend on the model and your volume, but open source inference is typically a fraction of the per-token cost of closed-source frontier models on Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock - without cloud egress lock-in or minimum commitments. See the full pricing comparison or browse the model catalog.
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Design partner program
Run MiniMax M3 under HIPAA
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