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MiniMax M3 (batch)

Reviewed 2026-08-07
MiniMaxminimax/minimax-m3:batch
Context
524K
Price
$0.3/$1.2
Tooling
4/5
Deploy
Cloud API

Best for

  • Agentic workflows and tool calling
  • Writing and editing code
  • Long documents (~524K context)
  • Cost-sensitive, high-volume workloads

Skip if

  • You need open weights to self-host

Capability scores

Tool calling4/5
Multi-step reasoning4/5

Specifications

Context window
524K tokens
VRAM
N/A (cloud-hosted)
License
proprietary
Pricing
$0.3/M input · $1.2/M output
Deployment
Cloud API
Docs
Model docs ↗

Our take

MiniMax M3 (batch) from MiniMax offers a 524K-token context window and is well-suited to strong tool calling, multi-step reasoning, coding, long-context work. Pricing is $0.3/M input · $1.2/M output, billed per token through the provider API.

Watch for the trade-offs: weights are closed, so you cannot self-host.

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