MiniMax API model

MiniMax: MiniMax-M3

Natively multimodal MiniMax M-series flagship (image & video input) for agentic reasoning, frontier coding, tool use, computer use, and 1M-token long-context tasks.

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Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Context window

Modalities

Text, image input

Input $/1M

$0.9

Output $/1M

$3.6

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About MiniMax-M3

Natively multimodal MiniMax M-series flagship (image & video input) for agentic reasoning, frontier coding, tool use, computer use, and 1M-token long-context tasks.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

MiniMax-M3

$0.9/M input, $3.6/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up. View live pricing MiniMax charges this model on four tiers, set by the requested service tier and by whether the context exceeds its long-context threshold. The headline rate is the dearest of the four. ChinaAPI passes every tier through at cost, so a request is billed on the tier it actually lands in. Every tier is listed below.

Paid price after first top-up (input / output per 1M tokens): $0.585 / $2.34 (−35%)

Price by tier

Tier	Standard price (input / output per 1M tokens)	Paid price after first top-up
Priority service tier	$0.45 / $1.8	$0.2925 / $1.17 (−35%)
Priority service tier, long context	$0.9 / $3.6	$0.585 / $2.34 (−35%)
Default service tier	$0.3 / $1.2	$0.195 / $0.78 (−35%)
Default service tier, long context	$0.6 / $2.4	$0.39 / $1.56 (−35%)

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "MiniMax-M3",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="MiniMax-M3",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

Model directoryBrowse all models Live pricingCurrent dashboard pricing MiniMax API access guideOpen guide MiniMax-M2.7200K context, $0.3/M input, $1.2/M output tokens MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed200K context, $0.6/M input, $2.4/M output tokens speech-2.8-hd$1 per 10k characters speech-2.8-turbo$0.6 per 10k characters

How do I use MiniMax-M3?

Use MiniMax-M3 through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does MiniMax-M3 cost?

MiniMax-M3 is $0.9/M input, $3.6/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. After the first top-up, the Paid price is $0.585/M input, $2.34/M output tokens (−35%). Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Does MiniMax-M3 need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.