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Coding leaderboard
#36 of 40 on the coding index, at 14 · combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding, Vals Vibe Code Bench
Open weights
#11 of 13 open-weights models on the Bench Index · MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 on Hugging Face · 427B parameters · license custom (minimax-community)
Where to use MiniMax M3
55 providers list MiniMax M3 in the models.dev catalog (as of 2026-10-27), under the model ids shown below.
MiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3minimax/minimax-m3minimax/minimax-m3MiniMax-M3MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3minimax-m3minimax/minimax-m3minimax-m3minimax-m3cline-pass/minimax-m3MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3Also listed by CoreWeave, Cortecs, CrossModel, Deep Infra, DevPass (LLM Gateway), Eden AI, EmpirioLabs AI, Fireworks AI, GMI Cloud, Hugging Face, Inco, IteraCompute, Jalapeno Cloud, Kenari, Kilo Gateway, Lilac, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.cn), MiniMax Token Plan (minimax.io), NanoGPT, Nebius Token Factory, Novita AI, Ofox, Ollama Cloud, OpenCode, OpenCode Go, Opper, OrcaRouter, Requesty, SambaNova, SCNet Token Plan, SiliconFlow, Standard Compute, Synthetic, Tempr Gateway, TensorX, Together AI, Vancine, Volcengine Ark Coding Plan, Vultr, Wafer, ZenMux.
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MiniMax M3: quick answers
Is MiniMax M3 out?
Yes. MiniMax M3 is live and has been since May 31, 2026.
When was MiniMax M3 released?
May 31, 2026.
Is MiniMax M3 good for coding?
On the ArtificialWatch coding index it scores 14, #36 of 40 ranked models. The index combines LMArena · Coding, LiveBench · Coding and Vals Vibe Code Bench, taking the median of each model's percentile across them.
Is MiniMax M3 open source?
It has open weights: the trained model is public on Hugging Face as MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3, 427B parameters as Hugging Face counts them, license custom (minimax-community). Among the 13 open-weights models the ArtificialWatch Bench Index ranks, it is #11.
Who makes MiniMax M3?
MiniMax. ArtificialWatch also tracks MiniMax M3.1 Flash, MiniMax-H3, MiniMax M3.1 Pro, MiniMax M3.5 and MiniMax M4 from MiniMax.
Where can I use MiniMax M3?
55 providers list it in the models.dev catalog, including MiniMax (minimax.cn), MiniMax (minimax.io), OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway and 302.AI. The exact model ids each one lists are on this page.
How much does MiniMax M3 cost?
MiniMax's own API lists MiniMax M3 (MiniMax-M3) at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, and $0.06 per million cached input tokens. Prompts over 512K tokens cost $0.60 input and $2.40 output. Prices as published in the models.dev catalog, as of 2026-10-27.
What is MiniMax M3's context window?
1M tokens, with up to 524K output tokens per response, as MiniMax lists MiniMax M3 (MiniMax-M3).
Is MiniMax M3 open weights?
Yes. MiniMax M3 is released with open weights.
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