MiniMax M3 (batch)

by MiniMax

minimax/minimax-m3:batch
Input
$0.31/1M tokens
Output
$1.23/1M tokens
Context
524Ktokens
Max output
512Ktokens
Knows to
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Released
31 May 2026

About

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax.

Pricing

Input$0.31per 1M prompt tokens
Output$1.23per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.06per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.0010$0.963
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.014$13.53
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.0078$7.75

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence18.9#57 of 83
Coding58.6#70 of 167
Agentic29.5#51 of 137

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #5pdfAgent arenaElo 127762% wins
  2. #7codetovideoAgent arenaElo 123758% wins
  3. #11spreadsheetAgent arenaElo 125659% wins
  4. #14blender3dAgent arenaElo 109844% wins
  5. #14SlidesAgent arenaElo 107647% wins
  6. #18Game devAgent arenaElo 111445% wins
  7. #19Full stackAgent arenaElo 118347% wins
  8. #22Web appsAgent arenaElo 119648% wins
  9. #27Mobile appsAgent arenaElo 117346% wins
  10. #28Android appsAgent arenaElo 115945% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax/minimax-m3:batch",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m3:batch",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "minimax/minimax-m3:batch",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstoptemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_p

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 9 Nov 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models