Model Details
2026-06Price Data Last Verified: June 22, 2026
MiniMax-M3 API Pricing & Cost Calculator
MiniMax frontier multimodal coding model. Pricing reflects the official standard tier up to 512K input tokens.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- MiniMax
- Input Price
- $0.30 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $1.20 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 1M
Official source: platform.minimax.io
Official MiniMax page lists a higher standard tier above 512K input tokens and a separate priority tier.
Cost Scenarios
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.0003 | $0.0012 | $0.0015 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.003 | $0.012 | $0.015 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.03 | $0.06 | $0.09 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $0.30 | $0.60 | $0.90 |
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