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title: "MiniMax M3"
description: "MiniMax's native multimodal model for coding and agents, with a 1M-token context."
canonical: "https://vetted.tools/models/minimax-m3"
source: "https://vetted.tools/models/minimax-m3.md"
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# MiniMax M3

MiniMax's native multimodal model for coding and agents, with a 1M-token context.

Source: https://vetted.tools/models/minimax-m3

- Slug: `minimax-m3`
- By [MiniMax](https://vetted.tools/companies/minimax) ([minimax.io](https://www.minimax.io), checked 2026-09-26)
- Official page: [https://www.minimax.io](https://www.minimax.io)

## Facts

- License: other ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/Minimax-M3), checked 2026-09-25)
- Capabilities: Reasoning, Tool use, Vision, Implicit caching, Structured output, File input ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Context window: 512K tokens (512,000) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Gateway ID: minimax/minimax-m3 ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Input: $0.30 per 1M tokens ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Max output: 512K tokens (512,000) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Takes: Text, image, PDF ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Returns: Text ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- No training on prompts: Offered by some providers on the Vercel AI Gateway, when you turn it on ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Output: $1.20 per 1M tokens ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Released: May 31, 2026 ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Type: Language ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)
- Zero data retention: Available on a paid Vercel plan through the AI Gateway, from some providers on it (you turn it on) ([Vercel AI Gateway](https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1/models), checked 2026-09-25)

## Usage

- 167,808 downloads on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/Minimax-M3) over the 30 days to 2026-09-25.
- 162,798,026 requests and 9,374,314,318,834 tokens on [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/minimax/minimax-m3) over the 31 days to 2026-09-25.

## Elsewhere on this site

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