MiniMax M3

minimax/minimax-m3-20260531

MiniMax M3 is an AI model from minimax that processes text, image, and video inputs and produces text output. It supports tool usage and reasoning, offers a context length of 1,048,576 tokens, provides open weights, and is priced at $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens. The model was released on 2026‑06‑01.

  • tool use
  • structured outputs
  • reasoning
  • open-weight

At a glance

providerminimax
releasedMay 31, 2026
context1.0M
input / M$0.30

Specifications

What the API gives you

Context window
1.0M tokens
Max output
512K tokens
Input price
$0.30 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.20 / 1M tokens
Cache read
$0.060 / 1M tokens
Modalities
text, image, video → text
Knowledge cutoff
Released
May 31, 2026

Measured evidence

Public benchmark record

Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Coding
1285 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Coding
1277 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Coding
1284 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Coding
1271 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Coding
1272 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Coding
1283 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Coding
1280 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Coding
1278 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Coding
1269 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Coding
1269 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Coding
1271 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Coding
1271 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Coding
1274 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Coding
1275 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Coding
1274 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Coding
1274 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Coding
1274 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Coding
1274 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Coding
1273 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Coding
1270 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Coding
1269 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena UI
1279 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena UI
1278 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena UI
1281 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena UI
1282 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena UI
1284 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena UI
1285 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena UI
1284 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena UI
1277 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena UI
1285 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena UI
1280 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena UI
1283 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena UI
1280 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena UI
1275 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena UI
1279 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena UI
1279 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena UI
1273 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena UI
1275 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena UI
1274 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena UI
1272 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena UI
1271 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena UI
1270 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena UI
1268 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena UI
1266 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1246 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1246 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1247 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1246 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1249 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1253 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1250 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1251 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1238 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1253 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1254 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1252 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1252 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1234 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1249 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1234 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1239 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1234 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1234 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1234 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1237 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1237 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1236 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1237 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1232 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1231 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1230 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1233 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1233 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1232 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1231 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1231 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1231 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1230 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Web-app Agent
1230 Elo2026-09-04
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-07-28
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-07-30
Design Arena Website
1286 Elo2026-07-27
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-07-29
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-07-31
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-02
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-01
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-05
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-03
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-09
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-04
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-14
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-06
Design Arena Website
1285 Elo2026-08-07
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-10
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-08
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-18
Design Arena Website
1284 Elo2026-08-11
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-15
Design Arena Website
1283 Elo2026-08-12
Design Arena Website
1281 Elo2026-08-13
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-19
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-16
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-20
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-27
Design Arena Website
1272 Elo2026-08-17
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-21
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-22
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-23
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-24
Design Arena Website
1279 Elo2026-08-28
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-25
Design Arena Website
1280 Elo2026-08-26
Design Arena Website
1278 Elo2026-08-29
Design Arena Website
1278 Elo2026-08-30
Design Arena Website
1278 Elo2026-08-31
Design Arena Website
1278 Elo2026-09-01
Design Arena Website
1277 Elo2026-09-02
Design Arena Website
1275 Elo2026-09-03
Design Arena Website
1274 Elo2026-09-04
LiveBench Coding
68.2%2026-06-25
LiveBench Language
76.8%2026-06-25
LiveBench Math
77.0%2026-06-25
LiveBench Reasoning
74.5%2026-06-25
LMArena Agent
-3.22026-07-13
LMArena Agent
-2.72026-07-20
LMArena Agent
-2.52026-07-27
LMArena Agent
-3.12026-07-21
LMArena Agent
-2.62026-07-28
LMArena Agent
-2.32026-08-03
LMArena Agent
-2.52026-08-12
LMArena Agent
-2.52026-08-13
LMArena Agent
-2.52026-08-06
LMArena Agent
-2.52026-08-11
LMArena Agent
-3.12026-08-24
LMArena Agent
-2.82026-08-27
LMArena Agent
-3.62026-08-31
LMArena Creative Writing
1405 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Creative Writing
1407 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Creative Writing
1404 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Creative Writing
1403 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Creative Writing
1406 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Long Query
1445 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Long Query
1445 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Long Query
1445 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Long Query
1447 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Long Query
1447 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Long Query
1446 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Long Query
1447 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Long Query
1447 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Long Query
1446 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Long Query
1447 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Math
1441 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Math
1442 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Math
1442 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Math
1437 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Math
1437 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Math
1438 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Math
1438 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Math
1436 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Math
1434 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Math
1436 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Text
1437 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena Text
1444 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Text
1445 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Text
1444 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena Text
1444 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Text
1445 Elo2026-08-03
LMArena Text
1443 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena Text
1445 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Text
1443 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Text
1443 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena Text
1442 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena Text
1443 Elo2026-09-01
LMArena Vision
1260 Elo2026-07-12
LMArena Vision
1240 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena Vision
1240 Elo2026-07-26
LMArena Vision
1240 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena Vision
1239 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena Vision
1240 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena Vision
1237 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena Vision
1237 Elo2026-08-27
LMArena WebDev
1493 Elo2026-07-16
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-07-21
LMArena WebDev
1492 Elo2026-07-20
LMArena WebDev
1493 Elo2026-07-27
LMArena WebDev
1493 Elo2026-07-24
LMArena WebDev
1494 Elo2026-07-28
LMArena WebDev
1494 Elo2026-07-30
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-08-01
LMArena WebDev
1492 Elo2026-07-31
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-08-06
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-08-02
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-08-12
LMArena WebDev
1491 Elo2026-08-10
LMArena WebDev
1490 Elo2026-08-14
LMArena WebDev
1488 Elo2026-08-21
LMArena WebDev
1487 Elo2026-08-30
LMArena WebDev
1487 Elo2026-09-01
OSWorld Verified
4.6%2026-06-24enabled effort
SWE-rebench
45.6% ± 1.32026-05-15tools
SWE-rebench
46.4% ± 0.92026-07-01tools

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Open-weight model on Hugging Face.

Task evidence

How broad is the support?

Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.

  • Best LLM for Competition MathEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Business WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Marketing CopyEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Creative WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Frontend & UIEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for WritingEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Math & ReasoningEstablished evidence

    100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 100% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 90% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Code CompletionEstablished evidence

    81% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    74% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 70% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 67% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 65% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Local LLM for CodingEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Fast SummariesEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Value LLMEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Agentic CodingEstablished evidence

    64% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources. 8 of 8 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for SummarizationEstablished evidence

    60% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence

    55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from WMT translation. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Autonomous AgentsProvisional evidence

    54% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Frontier-Bench or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence

    52% of intended weighted task evidence across 4 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence

    50% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LongBench v2. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OCR & DocumentsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Charts & DiagramsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Document ParsingProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Structured-output eval or VLMEvalKit tasks. 3 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence

    45% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Terminal-Bench 2.1. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 39% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or Structured-output eval. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 35% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Search. 4 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 31% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Route reliability or Structured-output eval. 2 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • 25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from Berkeley Function Calling or LMArena Search. 4 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

  • Best LLM for Grounded RAGProvisional evidence

    10% of intended weighted task evidence across 0 independent sources; broader independent confirmation is still missing from CRAG or FACTS Grounding. 2 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.

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