MiniMax
·Released on May 31, 2026MiniMax M3 API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data
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MiniMax M3 is MiniMax next-generation large language model, designed for advanced reasoning, long-context understanding, and high-quality multilingual dialogue.
Quality
#43of 112
61.0
LMSpeed score
Speed
#36of 80
81char/s
2.49 s
Cost
#55of 186
$0.0008/ 1M · 8:1 in:out
$0.0001 in · $0.0007 out
Category Performance
Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.
- Coverage
- 6 / 8
- Methodology
- V3.0
#1Reasoning58.7Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 47.9–69.5
abstract logicPrior only
scientific causal59.5
critpt · critpt / gpqa · gpqa / hle · hle
multistep constraintsPrior only
evidence verification57.9
lcr · lcr
#2Instruction following57.9Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 41.9–73.9
constraint followingPrior only
structured outputPrior only
novel instruction generalization57.9
ifbench · aa_if_bench
long multiturn instructionPrior only
#3Agents52.6RatedGlobal rank #303/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 45.3–59.9
planningPrior only
tool use47.8
mcp_atlas · mcp_atlas / tau · aa_tau3_banking / tau · tau2_bench
environment execution49.2
browsecomp · browse_comp / enterprise_ops_gym · aa_enterprise_ops_gym / gdpval_aa · benchlm_agentic_gdpval_aa / osworld · os_world2 / osworld · os_world_verified / terminalbench · benchlm_agentic_terminal_bench2
recovery reliability60.8
briefcase · aa_briefcase_elo / claw_eval · claw_eval / harvey_lab · aa_harvey_lab / researchclaw · research_claw_bench
#4Coding51.4RatedGlobal rank #244/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 44.8–58.0
code generation54.1
scicode · scicode
repository engineering49.4
nl2repo · nl2_repo / swe_pro · swe_pro
debugging testing55.9
swe_verified · swe_verified
tooling quality46.1
terminalbench · aa_terminal_bench21 / terminalbench · benchlm_coding_terminal_bench2 / terminalbench · terminal_bench_hard
#5Knowledge49.4Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 35.4–63.3
broad knowledge49.4
aa_omniscience · aa_omniscience_index / benchlm_category_knowledge · benchlm_category_knowledge
professional knowledgePrior only
factualityPrior only
retrieval open bookPrior only
#6Multimodal46.7Estimated2/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 34.7–58.7
perception ocrPrior only
document spatialPrior only
visual reasoning49.8
mmmu_pro · mmmu_pro
video action43.6
video_mmmu · video_mmmu
No data:MathMultilingual
Specifications
Input and output token limits for this model, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.
INPUT
1.0Mtokens
≈ 1.3K pages of text
OUTPUT
512Ktokens
8K128K1M4M
1.0M
Features
Technical Details
- Input
- Output
- Released
- May 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Architecture
- text+image+video->text
- Moderated
- No
- Supported parameters
- frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p
Rankings
Excels at
It's decent at
Falls behind in
Detailed scores
Updated: Sep 13, 2026Overall
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Overall score61.0#43 / 112
Overall
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Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Speed & latency
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Output speed119.1 tok/s#36 / 80Time to first token0.83 s#20 / 80
Speed & latency
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Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Output speed
LMSpeed rank#36
Score119.1 tok/s
Sourceartificialanalysis.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
Time to first token
LMSpeed rank#20
Score0.83 s
Sourceartificialanalysis.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
Pricing
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Input price$0.300/M#55 / 186Output price$1.20/M#50 / 186
Pricing
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Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Agents
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Rated
Score52.6#3080% interval45.3–59.93/4 Measured dimensionsAgentic score58.4#43 / 77Terminal-Bench 2.066.0#22 / 53
Agents
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Rated
Dimensions and evidence
Planning & decompositionPrior only
Tool use47.8
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
mcp_atlas · mcp_atlas · z 0.08 · q 1.00
tau · aa_tau3_banking · z -2.71 · q 1.00
tau · tau2_bench · z 0.15 · q 1.00
Environment & long-horizon execution49.2
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
browsecomp · browse_comp · z 0.19 · q 1.00
enterprise_ops_gym · aa_enterprise_ops_gym · z -1.86 · q 1.00
gdpval_aa · benchlm_agentic_gdpval_aa · z 0.35 · q 1.00
osworld · os_world2 · z -1.11 · q 1.00
osworld · os_world_verified · z -0.27 · q 1.00
terminalbench · benchlm_agentic_terminal_bench2 · z 0.14 · q 1.00
Recovery & completion reliability60.8
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briefcase · aa_briefcase_elo · z -0.59 · q 1.00
claw_eval · claw_eval · z 2.68 · q 1.00
harvey_lab · aa_harvey_lab · z -0.50 · q 1.00
researchclaw · research_claw_bench · z 0.54 · q 1.00
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
AA EnterpriseOps-GymV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#18
Score32.1
Sourcebenchlm.ai
UpdatedSep 3, 2026
Confidence2
Coding
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Rated
Score51.4#2480% interval44.8–58.04/4 Measured dimensionsSciCode47.1%#40 / 89Coding score52.8#45 / 87
Coding
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Rated
Dimensions and evidence
Code generation54.1
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scicode · scicode · z 0.38 · q 1.00
Repository engineering49.4
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
nl2repo · nl2_repo · z -0.10 · q 1.00
swe_pro · swe_pro · z 0.33 · q 1.00
Debugging & testing55.9
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swe_verified · swe_verified · z 0.78 · q 1.00
Tool-assisted development & quality46.1
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terminalbench · aa_terminal_bench21 · z -1.96 · q 1.00
terminalbench · benchlm_coding_terminal_bench2 · z -0.11 · q 1.00
terminalbench · terminal_bench_hard · z -0.25 · q 1.00
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
SciCodeV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#40
Score47.1%
Sourceartificialanalysis.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence4
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1V3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#19
Score65.2
Sourcebenchlm.ai
UpdatedSep 3, 2026
Confidence2
Reasoning
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Estimated
Score58.780% interval47.9–69.52/4 Measured dimensionsGPQA92.9%#13 / 218HLE39.0%#34 / 216
Reasoning
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Estimated
Dimensions and evidence
Abstract logicPrior only
Scientific & causal reasoning59.5
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critpt · critpt · z 0.07 · q 1.00
gpqa · gpqa · z 1.23 · q 1.00
hle · hle · z 0.84 · q 1.00
Multi-step constraintsPrior only
Evidence integration & verification57.9
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lcr · lcr · z 0.70 · q 1.00
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Knowledge
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional
Score49.480% interval35.4–63.31/4 Measured dimensionsArtificial Analysis Intelligence Index29.6#50 / 117AA-GPQA Diamond92.9#13 / 113
Knowledge
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional
Dimensions and evidence
Broad knowledge49.4
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
aa_omniscience · aa_omniscience_index · z 0.17 · q 1.00
benchlm_category_knowledge · benchlm_category_knowledge · z -0.64 · q 1.00
Professional knowledgePrior only
FactualityPrior only
Retrieval & open-book usePrior only
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#50
Score29.6
Sourcebenchlm.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence3
AA-Omniscience IndexV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#38
Score1.4
Sourcebenchlm.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence3
AA-Omniscience Hallucination Rate
LMSpeed rank#105
Score18.4
Sourcebenchlm.ai
UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Confidence3
Math
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data
80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensionsUSAMO 202685.7#2 / 2
Math
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data
Dimensions and evidence
Foundational mathPrior only
Competition mathPrior only
Advanced proofsPrior only
Applied & tool-assisted mathPrior only
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Multilingual
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data
No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Multilingual
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data
Dimensions and evidence
Cross-language understandingPrior only
Multilingual generationPrior only
Reasoning transferPrior only
Low-resource robustnessPrior only
Multimodal
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Estimated
Score46.780% interval34.7–58.72/4 Measured dimensionsMultimodal Grounded score52.2#45 / 56OfficeQA Pro45.1#9 / 10
Multimodal
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Estimated
Dimensions and evidence
Perception & OCRPrior only
Document & spatial understandingPrior only
Visual reasoning49.8
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
mmmu_pro · mmmu_pro · z -0.10 · q 1.00
Video & grounded action43.6
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
video_mmmu · video_mmmu · z -0.03 · q 1.00
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
Instruction following
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional
Score57.980% interval41.9–73.91/4 Measured dimensionsAA-IFBench82.9#1 / 84Instruction Following score93.7#2 / 52
Instruction following
V3.0undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional
Dimensions and evidence
Constraint followingPrior only
Structured outputPrior only
Novel-instruction generalization57.9
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
ifbench · aa_if_bench · z 0.76 · q 1.00
Multi-turn & long instructionsPrior only
Benchmark
LMSpeed rank
Score
Source
Updated
Confidence
OpenRouter endpoints
12 endpointsThird-party OpenRouter endpoint data, shown separately from LMSpeed measurements. Some 30-minute live performance fields only appear after syncing with an OpenRouter API key.
| Provider endpoint | Input | Output | 1d uptime | 30m latency | 30m throughput | Context / output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CoreWeave coreweave/fp4 | $0.230/M | $0.960/M | 99.9% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Novita novita/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 99.9% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Together together | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 99.7% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
GMICloud gmicloud/fp8 | $0.240/M | $0.960/M | 99.7% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
ModelRun modelrun/fp4 | $0.750/M | $3/M | 99.6% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
StreamLake streamlake/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 99.3% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
SambaNova sambanova | $0.600/M | $2.40/M | 99.3% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Minimax minimax/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 99.0% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
DeepInfra deepinfra/fp8 | $0.280/M | $1.10/M | 97.6% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Parasail parasail/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 97.3% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Venice venice/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 92.8% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
AtlasCloud atlas-cloud/fp8 | $0.300/M | $1.20/M | 42.0% | — | — | undefined tokens / undefined tokens |
Pricing Comparison
Compare MiniMax M3 API pricing across 170 providers. Prices range from $0.0008/request to $300.00/M. OpenApi offers the lowest rate at $0.0008/request. 6 providers offer free API credits or a free tier.
| Provider | Health | Model Variant | Group | Input ($/M) | Output ($/M) | Speed (t/s) | First token | Audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L1 100% L2 100% | minimax-m3 | OpenModels | -30%$0.210/M Cache read$0.042/M | -30%$0.840/M | 6.2 t/s | 2.57 s | ||
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | default | -52%$0.144/M Cache read$0.029/M | -52%$0.575/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | minimax-officially | $0.300/M Cache read$0.060/M | $1.20/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | default | $0.030/request | - | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | default | -52%$0.144/M Cache read$0.029/M | -52%$0.575/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | default | -23%$0.230/M | -23%$0.921/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | default | $10.27/M | $10.27/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | default | $10.27/M | $10.27/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | default | -93%$0.021/M | -93%$0.082/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | level1 | $0.0010/request | - | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | deepseek | -23%$0.230/M | -23%$0.921/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | default | $4.20/M Cache read$0.840/M | $16.80/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | [hm]q|nv/minimax-m3 | default | $4.00/request | - | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | [xj]q|minimaxai/minimax-m3 | default | $4.00/request | - | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | MiniMax-M3 | Minimax-officially | $5.14/M | $5.14/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax/minimax-m3:free | default | $75.00/M | $75.00/M | — | — | — | |
DeadlySignal API Free | L1 99% L2 100% | minimax-m3 | default | Free | Free | — | — | — |
L1 99% L2 85% | MiniMax/MiniMax-M3 | diamond-glm | $54.75/M | $54.75/M | — | — | — | |
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | default | -40%$0.180/M Cache read$0.036/M | -40%$0.720/M | — | — | ||
L1 100% | minimax-m3 | free | $0.420/M Cache read$0.084/M | $1.68/M | — | — | — |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What benchmark data does MiniMax M3 include?
- LMSpeed shows MiniMax M3 benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 176 providers when those signals are available.
- What is the MiniMax M3 API price?
- MiniMax M3 has pricing from undefined provider} other undefined providers}}, ranging from $0.0008/request to $300.00/M. OpenApi has the lowest listed price.
- What does the MiniMax M3 API pricing table include?
- The MiniMax M3 API pricing table compares 176 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
- Which provider has the cheapest MiniMax M3 API pricing?
- OpenApi currently has the lowest listed MiniMax M3 price at $0.0008/request across undefined provider} other undefined providers}}.
- Can I compare MiniMax M3 API price and speed together?
- Yes. LMSpeed shows MiniMax M3 API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider health on the same page so you can compare cost and performance together.
- Is MiniMax M3 API free?
- Yes, MiniMax M3 free API options are available through 6 providerundefined other undefined} on LMSpeed, including Future Hub, Zero API, DeadlySignal API, 初叶🍂Furry API, Moyanjdc API. These providers offer free API credits or a free tier with no per-token charges.
- Where can I get MiniMax M3 free API access?
- LMSpeed currently lists 6 free API providerundefined other undefined} for MiniMax M3: Future Hub, Zero API, DeadlySignal API, 初叶🍂Furry API, Moyanjdc API. Check each provider row before using it because free tier limits can change.