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MiniMax M3.1 Flash

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MiniMax's lightweight multimodal MoE model (428B total / ~23B active parameters), generally available on 2026-10-19. Native text, image and video input with a 1M-token context and up to 524K output tokens; reasoning is always on with five tunable effort levels, aimed at coding agents, computer use and security work. Flat $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens (no peak pricing, $0.015 cached input), about half of M3's base rate, with community-licensed open weights.

API Pricing

Input

$0.15

Output

$0.6

Cached input

$0.015

Peak hours

—

USD / 1M tokens

※ MiniMax official pricing (from 2026-10-19): input $0.15 / output $0.60 / cached input $0.015 (USD per million tokens), flat rate all day with no peak/off-peak; about half the base price of M3

Price sourceplatform.minimax.io ↗cloud.tencent.com ↗· verified 2026-10-27

Specifications

Context window
1.05M Tokens
Max output
524K Tokens
Total parameters
428B
Active parameters
23B
Architecture
MoE
Input modalities
Text · Image · Video
License
MiniMax Community License

Capabilities & use cases

Key capabilities

  • Always-on thinking (5 effort levels, cannot be disabled)
  • Native multimodality (text/image/video input)
  • Tuned for Agent and computer use
  • Cached input $0.015

Best for

  • Coding Agent (repo-level refactoring)
  • computer use / browser automation
  • Long document and video understanding
  • Security auditing
  • Cost-sensitive batch tasks

Official links

Website ↗API platform ↗Pricing page ↗Open in comparator ↗

Same vendor

MiniMax M3

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FAQ

What does MiniMax M3.1 Flash cost?
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is priced at $0.6 output and $0.15 input (USD per 1M tokens)
How large is the context window of MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
MiniMax M3.1 Flash has a 1.05M Tokens context window with up to 524K Tokens output.
Where can I access MiniMax M3.1 Flash?
Official channels: Website and API platform.

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