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MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash

MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash is 4× cheaper for the sample workload; both have the same context window.

MetricMiniMax: MiniMax M3MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Model IDminimax/minimax-m3minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash
Prompt price$0.30 / 1M tokens$0.075 / 1M tokens
Completion price$1.20 / 1M tokens$0.30 / 1M tokens
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Tool calling✓✓
Structured outputs✓✓
Reasoning✓✓
Response format✓✓
Web search––
Input modalitiestext, image, videotext, image, video
Output modalitiestexttext
Added2026-05-312026-10-19

Sample workload

Chat app: 1,000 prompt + 500 completion tokens × 100 requests per day.

CostMiniMax: MiniMax M3MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Per day$0.0900$0.0225
Per 30 days$2.70$0.67

Difference: $0.0675 per day and $2.03 per 30 days.

Data updated 2026-10-30