Sources & verification notes

MiniMax-M3

• Exact identifier & access

  Identity and lifecycle apply to this exact identifier and serving surface.

  • Models (MiniMax Open Platform) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Model Invocation (text generation guide) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• First availability

  Effective Jun 1, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Platform release notes date the M3 release June 1, 2026. The M3 Hugging Face repository was created June 2, 2026 (UTC); the model page itself carries no date.

  • Release notes: Models ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Availability status

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • Models (MiniMax Open Platform) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Model Invocation (text generation guide) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Capabilities & limits

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Context 1,000,000 from the model table (model page: guaranteed minimum of 512K). max_tokens maximum 524288 from the Messages API reference. Video input is also supported. The Responses API reference allows only text as text.format type, and the chat-completions reference says response_format is supported only by MiniMax-Text-01, so structured output is recorded as unsupported.

  • Model Invocation (text generation guide) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Anthropic SDK compatibility ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Messages API reference ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Text Generation API reference (chat completions) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Create Response (OpenAI Responses-compatible API reference) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Input price

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Standard rate from the captured rate card: "Standard input, up to 512k input tokens" (standard tier; up to 512k input tokens; current price after permanent 50% off (list $0.60)). The full rate card lists the other rates.

  • Pay as You Go pricing ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Output price

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Standard rate from the captured rate card: "Standard output, up to 512k input tokens" (standard tier; up to 512k input tokens; current price after permanent 50% off (list $2.40)). The full rate card lists the other rates.

  • Pay as You Go pricing ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Model card

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • Model Invocation (text generation guide) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Anthropic SDK compatibility ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Official announcement

  Effective Jun 1, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • Release notes: Models ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Provider description

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Provider comparison

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Full rate card

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Retrieved 2026-10-01.

  • Pay as You Go pricing ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• License

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Not verified. These sources establish the identifier, not this missing fact.

  • Models (MiniMax Open Platform) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Model Invocation (text generation guide) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026