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Using MiniMax M3 on OpenRouter

Implementation guide · MiniMax M3 · MiniMax

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at OpenRouter and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call minimax/minimax-m3 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.30/1M input, $1.20/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See OpenRouter documentation for integration details.

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

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.30
Output tokens$1.20
Image input$1.00
Video input$1.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching

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.

Model Specs

Released2026-06-01
Context1m
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

OpenRouter
OpenRouter

OpenRouter, Inc.

New York, NY, USA