MiniMax M3 API

MiniMax M3 is a large-context reasoning model from MiniMax. Supports up to 1M context tokens and is optimized for long-document understanding, coding workflows, agent tasks, and complex multi-step reasoning.
Context
524K tokens
Input
$0.39 / 1M
Output
$1.56 / 1M
Released
Jun 1, 2026

How to use MiniMax M3 API

Install any OpenAI-compatible SDK, point it at api.aimlapi.com/v1, and set the model to minimax/minimax-m3.
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + AIMLAPI_KEY},
    json={
      "model": "minimax/minimax-m3",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ]
    },
)
print(r.json())
const r = await fetch("https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.AIMLAPI_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "minimax/minimax-m3",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ]
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
curl -X POST https://api.aimlapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIMLAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax/minimax-m3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]}'

OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.

MiniMax M3 API Pricing

TypePrice
Input
$0.39 / 1M tokens
Output
$1.56 / 1M tokens

MiniMax M3 Benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreWhat it measures
SWE-bench Verified
80.5%
Resolving verified real GitHub issues

MiniMax M3 vs other models

ModelInputOutputContextBest for
MiniMax M3
This page
$0.39 / 1M
$1.56 / 1M
524K tokens
Coding + agents
$6.5 / 1M
$39 / 1M
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents
$2.6 / 1M
$13 / 1M
1M tokens
Balanced coding + agents
$3.9 / 1M
$19.5 / 1M
1M tokens
Long-context, multimodal & agentic workflows
$0.65 / 1M
$3.9 / 1M
1.05M tokens
Reasoning + agents

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