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Minimax M3 API Pricing & Quick Start

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

Intelligence#36 / 573
44
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Speed#96 / 586
86.6
Output tokens per second (median)
Input Price#332 / 586
$0.30NT$ 10
USD / 1M tokens
Output Price#335 / 586
$1.20NT$ 39
USD / 1M tokens
First-token latency#499 / 586
1.19s
Time to first token (AA median)
ProviderMiniMax
ReleasedMay 2026
Model IDminimax/minimax-m3

Technical specifications

Context window
1M tokens
Reasoning
Yes
Input
TextImageVideo
Output
Text

Pricing comparison

BazaarLink retail price alongside AA's observed market standard.

BazaarLink price our site

Input$0.30NT$ 10
Output$1.20NT$ 39
Cache read$0.06NT$ 2
Cache write
3:1 blended (est.)$0.52NT$ 17
All prices per 1M tokens. Supports TWD credit card / official invoice.

Market reference Artificial Analysis

Input$0.30
Output$1.20
Cache readAA not tracked
Cache writeAA not tracked
3:1 blended$0.53
✓ Matches market reference — BazaarLink does not mark up.
Source: artificialanalysis.ai

Independent benchmarks

Scores below come from Artificial Analysis, an independent third party. BazaarLink does not participate in the testing.

Intelligence 44
Coding 59
Math
MMLU
GPQA 93
This modelCategory leader
Coding ability
#48out of 198 models
LiveCodeBench / SciCode and similar
Overall intelligence
#36out of 573 models
Aggregated across academic benchmarks
Time to first token
#499out of 586 models
AA 全球 p50:1.19 秒
Intelligence
44
Top 6%
This model
44
Category leader
61
Median
15
Coding
59
Top 24%
This model
59
Category leader
78
Median
37
GPQA
93%
This model
93%
Category leader
94%
Median
69%
HLE
37%
This model
37%
Category leader
53%
Median
7%
SciCode
45%
This model
45%
Category leader
60%
Median
33%
IFBench
83%
This model
83%
Category leader
83%
Median
44%
τ²-Bench Telecom
89%
This model
89%
Category leader
99%
Median
46%
AA-LCR
74%
This model
74%
Category leader
76%
Median
40%
Terminal-Bench Hard
42%
This model
42%
Category leader
66%
Median
14%

Top 5 — CodingCoding Index leaderboard

1GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-xhigh78$5 / $30
4GPT-5.6 Sol (high)openai/gpt-5-6-sol-high77$5 / $30
5Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)anthropic/claude-opus-5-xhigh77$5 / $25
AASource: Artificial Analysis · Independent third-party evaluation; not influenced by BazaarLinkView full evaluation on AA →

Quick Start

Use Minimax M3 via BazaarLink API — just change the base_url:

Python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
    api_key="sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/minimax-m3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
TypeScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-bl-YOUR_API_KEY",
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "minimax/minimax-m3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

Why use Minimax M3 via BazaarLink?

  • USD billing (TWD-quoted) + unified invoices — no foreign credit card needed for Taiwan teams
  • OpenAI-compatible API — zero code changes required
  • Automatic failover — multi-provider redundancy for the same model
  • Chinese-language support — local team, instant help
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Minimax M3?

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

How much does the Minimax M3 API cost?

Minimax M3 costs $0.3000 per 1M input tokens and $1.2000 per 1M output tokens when accessed through BazaarLink.

How do I use Minimax M3 with the OpenAI SDK?

Set base_url to "https://bazaarlink.ai/api/v1" and use model ID "minimax/minimax-m3". All OpenAI SDK methods (chat.completions, embeddings, streaming) work without code changes.

What is the context window for Minimax M3?

Minimax M3 supports a context window of 1,048,576 tokens.

Is Minimax M3 available for free?

Minimax M3 is a paid model. BazaarLink offers free trial credits on registration so you can test it without a credit card.

Relay integrity checks

Tested endpoints
10 runs
Independent hosts
8
Model-family fingerprint match
0%
Anomalies detected
10 runs
Data range
past 90 days

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