MiniMax: MiniMax M3 provider comparison

minimax/minimax-m3

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

Endpoints:: 9
Context:: 1M
Input:: text, image, video
Output:: text

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At a glance

Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

Venicevenice/fp8

$0.6 / 1M tokens

6.10 s estimated response

Cheapest

NovitaAInovita/fp8

$0.6 / 1M tokens

$0.0009 for the sample request

Fastest

Venicevenice/fp8

6.10 s estimated response

$0.6 / 1M tokens

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Price and performance charts

Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

NovitaAI has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.0009.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

9 providers have complete pricing and speed data. Venice is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

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Provider endpoints

Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.

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Endpoint comparison for MiniMax: MiniMax M3
Provider / route	Current pricing ↗	Speed measurements	Endpoint details
Provider / route NovitaAI`novita/fp8` Cheapest	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.37 s Response starts 2.17 s Output speed 49.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.40% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 131.1K 13 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Venice`venice/fp8` FastestBest cost/speed trade-off	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 6.10 s Response starts 1.29 s Output speed 104.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 96.45% Context 524.3K Model format fp8 Max output 65.5K 11 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route GMICloud`gmicloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 6.33 s Response starts 1.48 s Output speed 103.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.91% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output N/a 7 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, seed, temperature, top_p
Provider / route MiniMax`minimax/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 9.82 s Response starts 1.35 s Output speed 59.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.67% Context 524.3K Model format fp8 Max output 512K 8 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, response_format, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_p
Provider / route AtlasCloud`atlas-cloud/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 24.78 s Response starts 0.97 s Output speed 21.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 96.17% Context 524.3K Model format fp8 Max output 524.3K 6 parameters include_reasoning, max_tokens, reasoning, temperature, tools, top_p
Provider / route Together`together`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 16.83 s Response starts 0.70 s Output speed 31.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.02% Context 524.3K Model format unknown Max output N/a 16 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Parasail`parasail/fp8`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 20.07 s Response starts 0.84 s Output speed 26.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 93.16% Context 1M Model format fp8 Max output 1M 18 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p
Provider / route DeepInfra`deepinfra/bf16`	Current pricing Input price $0.3 / 1M tokens Output price $1.2 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0009	Speed measurements 500-token response 12.89 s Response starts 1.26 s Output speed 43.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 99.70% Context 524.3K Model format bf16 Max output 512K 15 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, seed, stop, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Morph`morph`	Current pricing Input price $0.6 / 1M tokens Output price $2.4 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.0018	Speed measurements 500-token response 35.14 s Response starts 1.81 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 95.32% Context 256K Model format unknown Max output 256K 19 parameters frequency_penalty, include_reasoning, logit_bias, logprobs, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, reasoning, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_logprobs, top_p

Endpoint data fetched Jul 15, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC.

MiniMax M3 deployment guide

How to choose a MiniMax M3 inference provider

MiniMax M3 is indexed here as a text model by MiniMax, with 9 provider endpoints from NovitaAI, Venice, GMICloud, MiniMax, AtlasCloud, and others. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 1M-token context window. It accepts text, image, video input and returns text output. 19 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

NovitaAI currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.0009. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

Venice currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 6.10 seconds. Venice is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.