MiniMax M3
MiniMaxOpen weightsMiniMax Community LicenseReleased Jun 1, 2026
On the arena.ai Agents leaderboard, MiniMax M3 has a task success rate of -7.86% (—, rank #47, 95% interval -8.96%–-6.75%). MiniMax M3 ranks #96 on the LMArena Text leaderboard (style control) with an Arena score of 1441.3 (±3.9, 63,973 votes). Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.2. API price: $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens. Context: 1.05M. Nearest rivals: GPT-6 Luna (1442.8) above and DeepSeek V4 Flash (1438.7) below.
Quick answer
- Agents leaderboard
- #47 of 48 · -7.86% success
- Text (LMArena)
- #96 · 1441.3
- 17NAS overall
- #47 of 84
- API price (in / out)
- $0.30 / $1.20 per 1M tokens
- Closest rival
- GPT-6 Luna · 1442.8
- Cheaper alternative
- Hy3: Text 1453.2, output $0.56 (54% cheaper)
- Data updated
- Oct 16, 2026 · synced daily
Sources: arena.ai, LMArena, Artificial Analysis, OpenRouter
Key metrics
Models ranked nearby
Sorted by Arena score| # | Model | Arena | Intel. | Output $ | tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 |  Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1445.4 | 16.1 | $10.00 | – |
| 58 |  Grok 4.7 | 1444.0 | 46.4 | $6.00 | 84 |
| 59 |  GPT-6 Luna | 1442.8 | 38.1 | $0.50 | 128 |
| 60 | MiniMax M3This page | 1441.3 | 29.2 | $1.20 | 102 |
| 61 |  DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1438.7 | 34.3 | $1.32 | – |
| 62 |  Qwen3.8 27B | 1437.8 | 33.7 | $3.00 | 40 |
| 63 | GPT-5.2 | 1437.2 | 30.4 | $14.00 | – |
Pricing
- Official API list price: $0.30 input and $1.20 output per 1M tokens (USD).
- At a typical 3:1 input-to-output ratio, the blended cost is about $0.53 per 1M tokens.
- Among 79 models with an output price, it is the #14 cheapest.
- The cheapest OpenRouter route charges $0.30 input / $1.20 output.
Sources & methodology
On the arena.ai Agents leaderboard, MiniMax M3 has a task success rate of -7.86% (—, rank #47, 95% interval -8.96%–-6.75%).
- arena.ai Agents — agent task success rate, 95% interval, sessions and rank (via the public Hugging Face dataset, CC BY 4.0).
- LMArena — Arena score (Text leaderboard with style control, the same view arena.ai shows by default), 95% confidence interval, votes and rank.
- Artificial Analysis — Intelligence / Coding Index, output speed and latency (medians).
- OpenRouter — Route prices, context length and listing date.
Arena scores use the Bradley-Terry model (not Elo); ± is the half-width of the 95% confidence interval. Latency figures are Artificial Analysis medians; for reasoning models, time to first token and to first answer include the thinking phase. Data syncs daily at 14:20 (UTC+8).
Limits: Arena scores come from anonymous users voting on chats, so they reflect conversational preference rather than agent or coding benchmarks; with few votes the interval is wide and ranks move. Prices and speeds change as providers update them.
FAQ
How does MiniMax M3 do on the Agents leaderboard?
On the arena.ai Agents leaderboard, MiniMax M3 has a task success rate of -7.86% (—, rank #47, 95% interval -8.96%–-6.75%).
What rank is MiniMax M3 right now?
MiniMax M3 is #60 on our leaderboard of 69 scored models (Arena score 1441.3); its raw LMArena rank is #96.
What does MiniMax M3 cost via API?
Input $0.30 / output $1.20 per 1M tokens (official API list price; the OpenRouter quote when no official price is available). At a typical 3:1 input-to-output ratio, the blended cost is about $0.53 per 1M tokens.
How fast is MiniMax M3?
Artificial Analysis measures about 102 output tokens per second, 0.9 s to the first token and 20 s to the first answer token; it is a reasoning model, so latency includes thinking time.
How close is MiniMax M3 to the models ranked next to it?
It is 1.5 points behind GPT-6 Luna (1442.8) and 2.6 points ahead of DeepSeek V4 Flash (1438.7); gaps smaller than the confidence interval (±3.9) are not significant.
Is MiniMax M3 open source? Can it be self-hosted?
MiniMax M3 is an open-weights model (license: MiniMax Community License); you can download the weights and self-host.
What is the context length of MiniMax M3?
1.05M (1,048,576 tokens, as listed on OpenRouter).
MiniMax M3 vs GPT-6 Luna: which is better?
On the LMArena Text leaderboard MiniMax M3 scores 1441.3 and GPT-6 Luna scores 1442.8 (a 1.5-point gap, within the confidence interval, so not significant). Agent task success: MiniMax M3 -7.86%, GPT-6 Luna 3.26%. On price, MiniMax M3 costs $1.20 and GPT-6 Luna $0.50 per 1M output tokens.
Is there a cheaper model close to MiniMax M3?
Yes: Hy3 scores 1453.2 on the Text leaderboard (MiniMax M3: 1441.3) and costs $0.56 per 1M output tokens, about 54% less than MiniMax M3 ($1.20).
Where does the MiniMax M3 data come from and how often is it updated?
Agent success rates come from the arena.ai Agents leaderboard (CC BY 4.0), Text scores from LMArena, intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis, and prices and context from official list prices and OpenRouter. 17NAS syncs daily at 06:20 UTC; this page was last updated Oct 16, 2026.