MiniMax / minimax/minimax-m3
MiniMax M3 - access through LLMTR
MiniMax M3 is a frontier model for coding, agentic workflows, long-context analysis, and applications that need image or video input. It supports a 1M-token context window, OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions calls, function calling, prompt caching, and adaptive thinking controls for production integrations.
Technical specifications
| Canonical ID | minimax/minimax-m3 |
|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Operations | CHAT_COMPLETIONS |
| Modalities | text, image, video |
Pricing
An 8% platform margin applies to credit top-ups; model usage prices are not separately marked up.
| Operation | Metric | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAT_COMPLETIONS | INPUT_TEXT | PER_1M_TOKENS | $0.300000 |
| CHAT_COMPLETIONS | CACHE_READ | PER_1M_TOKENS | $0.060000 |
| CHAT_COMPLETIONS | OUTPUT_TEXT | PER_1M_TOKENS | $1.20 |
Example usage
With existing OpenAI SDK flows, change only the base URL and model identifier.
curl https://llmtr.com/v1/chat/completions -H "Authorization: Bearer llmtr-your_key" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"model":"minimax/minimax-m3","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'Guides about this model
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash or M3? Price and feature differences - On LLMTR both models are called with the same API key on /v1/chat/completions, offer a 1,000,000-token context and 524,288 tokens per response, and take image and video. M3.1 Flash costs $0.15 / $0.015 / $0.60 at a single tier; M3 starts at $0.30 / $0.06 / $1.20 and doubles for prompts above 512,000 tokens.
- Which MiniMax model? M3.1 Flash, M3, M2.7 and M2.5 - On LLMTR six MiniMax text models are called with the same API key on /v1/chat/completions. M3.1 Flash and M3 offer a 1,000,000-token context and image and video input; M2.7 and M2.5 are text models with a 204,800-token context. The Highspeed versions give faster output at twice the input and output price.
- Using MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview with Claude Code and coding agents - For Claude Code, ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://llmtr.com and ANTHROPIC_MODEL=minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash-preview:low are enough. In OpenAI-compatible agents the base URL is https://llmtr.com/v1.
- Tool calling with MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview: an agent loop with the OpenAI SDK - Define tools in the tools field; when finish_reason is tool_calls, run the tool and send the result back with role tool, and repeat until stop. The loop runs on /v1/chat/completions.
- MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview on the LLMTR API: free access, limits and first request - Send an OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions request with minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash-preview. The model is free and is not charged to your balance; using it requires an account that has been topped up at least once.
- How to use MiniMax M3.1 for free: first API request and limits - Send an OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions request with minimax/minimax-m3.1-free. The free period ends on 30 September 2026 at 23:59 (TRT); after that the metered minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash is available.
- MiniMax M3.1 vs M3: which one to use and when - M3.1 is MiniMax's preview release after M3 and is free on LLMTR until 30 September 2026, 23:59 (TRT). M3 is metered and offers video input, prompt caching and switchable thinking.
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