MiniMax

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

A fast multimodal model for agentic workflows, coding, computer use, cybersecurity, and long-context task execution.

ActiveReleased October 19, 2026Available from 11 providers
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-m31f, https://agent.minimax.io/tools/m3.1-flash

Price per 1M tokens via Inferencenet (OpenRouter)
$0.1 in / $0.55 out
Context window1,000,000
Max output524,288
Cache read$0.01 / M
Input
  • Text
  • Image
  • Video
Output
  • Text
Priced across11 providers

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$0.1 / M
Output$0.55 / M
Cache read$0.01 / M

Cost calculator

Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$53.00
at current list prices
Fresh input$20.00
Cached input$0.00
Output incl. thinking$33.00
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Compare providers

The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.

PlatformInput / MOutput / MCache read / MBatchAccess
InferencenetLowest
$0.1$0.55$0.01-via OpenRouter
GMICloud
$0.1425$0.57$0.01425-via OpenRouter
DigitalOcean
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
MiniMax
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Modelrun
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Nebius
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Novita
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Parasail
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Together AI
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
Wafer
$0.15$0.6$0.015-via OpenRouter
SambaNova
$0.3$1.2$0.03-via OpenRouter

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

No changePriced at $0.1 / $0.55 per 1M since October 24, 2026.

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