MiniMax M3 pricing
MiniMax M3, Flagship-tier from OpenRouter, costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.30per 1M tokens
Output$1.20per 1M tokens
Context window1.05Mtokens
TierFlagshipOpenRouter
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | OpenRouter |
| Tier | Flagship |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens |
| Max output | 512K tokens |
| Input price | $0.30 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $1.20 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.06 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text, image, video |
Note. MiniMax's current flagship model, with a 1M-token context window.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.30 | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $3.00 | $3.00 | $6.00 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $30.00 | $30.00 | $60.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Flagship), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Novita AI | $0.09 | $0.58 | 60.8% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 120B | Groq | $0.15 | $0.60 | 50% cheaper blended |
| Qwen3 235B-A22B (2507) | Parasail | $0.14 | $0.80 | 43.3% cheaper blended |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Together AI | $0.27 | $0.85 | 19.6% cheaper blended |
| Llama 4 Maverick Instruct | Novita AI | $0.27 | $0.85 | 19.6% cheaper blended |