MiniMax multimodal model for long-context coding, perception, and agent planning
MiniMax M3 (MiniMax) is offered by 2 providers on this page. Its reference price is $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $2.40 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is LLM Gateway at $0.30 / $1.20 per 1M, about 2.0× below the reference price. That channel is a third-party gateway, so confirm its availability and rate limits before depending on it.
The context window is 512,000 tokens at the reference host, but hosts report different limits, from 512,000 to 524,288, so the usable window depends on the provider you pick. It supports reasoning and tool use. Accepted input modalities are Text, Image, and Video. The weights are open, so it can also be self-hosted or served through a gateway of your choice. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway | Gateway | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.06 | — | 524,288 ⚠ | 131,072 | |
| LLM Gateway | Gateway | $0.60 | $2.40 | $0.12 | — | 512,000 | 131,072 |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.