Sources & verification notes

MiniMax-M3

• Exact identifier & access

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

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax-M3 LICENSE (MiniMax Community License) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax M3 model page ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• First availability

  Effective Jun 2, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Hugging Face repository creation timestamp (2026-06-02 UTC). MiniMax publishes no date for the open weights; the API model was released 2026-06-01 per the platform release notes.

  • MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 repository metadata (Hugging Face API) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Availability status

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

  The repository is listed in the MiniMaxAI Hugging Face organization.

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Capabilities & limits

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

  Context from the model card ("1M context"); image input from the card modalities. MiniMax's self-hosting guide lists tool calls as supported (SGLang --tool-call-parser auto). Neither page states a maximum generation length or a JSON/structured-output mode.

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Self-host MiniMax-M3 (MiniMax Open Platform docs) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Input price

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

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Output price

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

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Reference price

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

  The developer's own API price for MiniMax-M3, which serves this model (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/local-deploy-m3). MiniMax's self-hosting guide covers the MiniMax-M3 open weights; the model card links the API docs for the same named model. Standard rate from that 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.

  • MiniMax Open Platform API pricing for MiniMax-M3 ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Model card

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

  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Official announcement

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. 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 card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• License

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

  • MiniMax-M3 LICENSE (MiniMax Community License) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • MiniMax-M3 model card (Hugging Face) ↗MiniMax · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026