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MiniMax M3 versions compared

Every MiniMax M3 version in one table: input, output and cached prices, context window, benchmark scores, and what a month of your usage costs on each one.

The short version

  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 50% less than MiniMax M3 per output token
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores 0 points higher on BankerToolBench than MiniMax M3 — Vendor-measured (MiniMax internal infra, Claude Code scaffolding)
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the cheapest version in this line at $0.375 per million blended tokens
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the highest verified average on the benchmarks this line shares (76)

Every MiniMax M3 version in one table

Prices are read live from the provider pricing pages, so this table cannot go stale.

VersionTierStatusReleasedInputOutputCachedContextBlended /1MSample /mo
MiniMax M3.1 FlashLatestCheapest
3.1
Released 2026-10-19; $0.15 / $0.60 / $0.015 (¥1 / ¥4 / ¥0.1). Flat rate — no long-context tier, and unlike M3 it does not accept service_tier=priority.
Price your own usage
FastActive2026-10-19$0.150$0.600$0.0151,000K$0.375$0.450
3
Released 2026-06-01. service_tier=priority costs 1.5× ($0.45 / $1.80 / $0.09). No separate cache-write charge. The cached-input rate above 512k doubles to $0.12; cost.ts applies the input multiplier to the cached rate as well.
Price your own usage
FlagshipActive2026-06-01$0.300$1.20$0.0601,000K$0.750$1.80Long context ≥524,288

Sample cost = 1M input + 500K output tokens per month at list price. A model with a long-context band is priced on that band — the rule is printed in the row. Use the calculator below for your own workload.

What changed at each step

Only the differences we can prove from the pricing and score records — a price that moved, a context window that grew, a benchmark both versions report.

  1. MiniMax M3→MiniMax M3.1 Flash
    • Input price down 50% ($0.300 → $0.150)
    • Output price down 50% ($1.20 → $0.600)
    • Cached price down 75% ($0.060 → $0.015)
    • BankerToolBench up 0 points (76.1% → 76.2%) — Vendor-measured (MiniMax internal infra, Claude Code scaffolding)

Benchmark scores

The versions of this line that have a published, traceable score record. 9 benchmarks tracked

MiniMax M3.1 Flash leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks; MiniMax M3.1 Flash is ~50% cheaper per blended million tokens.

DimensionMiniMax M3.1 FlashMiniMax M3
Terminal-Bench 2.1—66%
SWE-bench Pro—59%
DeepSWE v1.173.7%—
NL2Repo-Bench—42.1%
CyberGym82%—
Agents' Last Exam29.6%—
BrowseComp—83.5%
MCP Atlas—74.2%
BankerToolBench76.2%76.1%
Blended price$0.375 /1M$0.750 /1M
Full priceInput · Output · Cached input$0.150 · $0.600 · $0.015$0.300 · $1.20 · $0.060
Context window1,000K1,000K

Transcribed from the sources named on each leaderboard entry. Coverage differs per version; a missing cell means the source did not report that benchmark.

Which version to use

  • Top of the line: MiniMax M3
  • Throughput tier: MiniMax M3.1 Flash

What your usage would cost

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash
$12.00/mo
MiniMax M3
$24.00/mo

List price only: cached input, batch discounts and off-peak rates are not included. The sample column prices 1M input + 500K output tokens per month.

Sources

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