Quick Start
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- 2Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call
minimax/minimax-m3— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
About OpenRouter
OpenRouter provides a unified interface for Large Language Models with better pricing, improved uptime, and no subscription requirements. Route across providers for cost optimization and reliability.
OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Pricing on OpenRouter
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.30 |
| Output tokens | $1.20 |
| Image input | $1.00 |
| Video input | $1.00 |
Capabilities
About MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3 is MiniMax's current API flagship (released June 1, 2026) with MiniMax Sparse Attention for economical 1M-token context, native multimodality, and agentic coding. Benchmark rows in LLMReference separate vendor-reported SWE-bench Pro, Terminal-Bench 2.1, MCP-Atlas, and BrowseComp scores (source: minimax.io) from third-party rows — inspect evaluator, variant, and source on each benchmark cell before comparing to leaderboard claims.