flagship · May 2026

MiniMax M3

Highly efficient MoE model delivering strong reasoning at exceptionally low cost.

By MiniMax · Text · MiniMax Model License
Model details

Specs & substance

Spec sheet

Developed byMiniMax
Model familyMiniMax
Categoryflagship
ModalityText
Context window1M tokens
ArchitectureMoE
VersionM3
LicenseMiniMax Model License
Pricing$0.30 in$1.20 out · $0.06 cache
ReleasedMay 2026
Endpointparasail-minimax-m3

Highly efficient MoE model delivering strong reasoning at exceptionally low cost.

MiniMax M3 is part of the MiniMax family by MiniMax, categorized as a flagship model. It supports a 1M tokens context window and is built on a MoE architecture.

Key strengths: reasoning, efficient. Parasail serves MiniMax M3 on a global fleet of current-gen GPUs behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint — with per-token pricing, no minimums, and dedicated capacity options when you need guaranteed throughput.

Integrate

Drop-in via the OpenAI SDK

Point any OpenAI-compatible chat client at Parasail and change the model name. That's it.

pythonparasail · MiniMax M3
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.parasail.io/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="parasail-minimax-m3",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, what can you do?"}
    ],
    stream=True,
    stream_options={"include_usage": True},
    top_p=1,
    max_tokens=1000,
    temperature=1
)

for chunk in response:
    if chunk.choices and chunk.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
bashparasail · MiniMax M3
curl https://api.parasail.io/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARASAIL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "parasail-minimax-m3",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, what can you do?"}],
    "stream": true,
    "max_tokens": 1000
  }'

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