How much does MiniMax M3 cost per token?

MiniMax M3 is priced at $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 6, 2026.

What is MiniMax M3's context window?

MiniMax M3 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per MiniMax.

How widely used is MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 accounts for about 2% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 20, 2026.

What are the alternatives to MiniMax M3?

By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include GLM 5.2, Nemotron 3 Ultra, and DeepSeek V4 Pro. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

ModelsMiniMax

MiniMax M3

Name: MiniMax M3
Author: MiniMax

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Context

tokens

Released

May 31, 2026

on OpenRouter

Usage rank

of 28 tracked models

Token share

OpenRouter · Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Price per million tokens

Input $/MTok

$0.3100%

OpenRouter · Aug 6, 2026

Output $/MTok

$1.20100%

OpenRouter · Aug 6, 2026

Cache read $/MTok

$0.06

OpenRouter

Current MiniMax M3 prices per million tokens across tracked sources.
Source	Tracked slug	In $/MTok	Out $/MTok	Cache read	Cache write	Context	Effective	Last Δ (in)
OpenRouter	minimax/minimax-m3	$0.3	$1.20	$0.06	—	1M	Aug 6, 2026	100%
models.dev	kilo/minimax/minimax-m3	$0.3	$1.20	$0.06	—	524.3K	Aug 6, 2026	25%

latest tracked price per source · Δ = most recent input-price move within that source

2 sources tracking

Input $/MTok

Output $/MTok

per-source step lines · $/MTok

history since Jul 8, 2026

Specs

Context & availability

MiniMax M3 specifications.
Provider	MiniMax
Context window	1M tokens
Listed on OpenRouter	May 31, 2026
Tracked price sources	OpenRouter · models.dev
Hugging Face	MiniMaxAI/Minimax-M3
OpenRouter slugs	minimax/minimax-m3 · minimax/minimax-m3-20260531

source: OpenRouter model catalog + tracked price feeds

id: minimax-m3

Usage

Share of OpenRouter tokens

90-day · to Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter model rankings · share of tracked coding-token volume

2% on Aug 20, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for MiniMax M3.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
AA Agentic Index	minimax/minimax-m3	35.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Agentic Index	minimax/minimax-m3:batch	35.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	minimax/minimax-m3	58.6index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Coding Index	minimax/minimax-m3:batch	58.6index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Intelligence Index	minimax/minimax-m3	44.4index	—	or-embedded-aa
AA Intelligence Index	minimax/minimax-m3:batch	44.4index	—	or-embedded-aa

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar models

Alternatives to MiniMax M3 by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Model	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
7	GLM 5.2Z.ai	533B	1.3%	vs MiniMax M3
5	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	733B	83.5%	vs MiniMax M3
13	DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek	366.8B	25.3%	vs MiniMax M3
15	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	184.2B	76.8%	vs MiniMax M3

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

MiniMax M3 FAQ

How much does MiniMax M3 cost per token?: MiniMax M3 is priced at $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, per OpenRouter as of Aug 6, 2026.
What is MiniMax M3's context window?: MiniMax M3 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens, per MiniMax.
How widely used is MiniMax M3?: MiniMax M3 accounts for about 2% of tracked OpenRouter coding-token volume as of Aug 20, 2026.
What are the alternatives to MiniMax M3?: By OpenRouter usage, comparable models include GLM 5.2, Nemotron 3 Ultra, and DeepSeek V4 Pro. Side-by-side comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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