Which is cheaper, Ling 3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3?

Ling 3.1 Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Ling 3.1 Flash from $0.07 and MiniMax M3 from $0.28.

Which has the larger context window, Ling 3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3?

MiniMax M3 has the largest context window: Ling 3.1 Flash 262,144 tokens and MiniMax M3 1,000,000 tokens.

Can I switch between Ling 3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3 without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash, minimax/minimax-m3).

Ling 3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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Ling 3.1 Flash inclusionAIinclusionai/ling-3.1-flash

MiniMax M3 Minimaxminimax/minimax-m3

Creator

inclusionAI

Minimax

Released

Oct 2, 2026

May 31, 2026

Context window

262K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.07

$0.28$0.28–$0.30 across 2

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$0.22

$1.10$1.10–$1.20 across 2

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

29.6

18.9

LatencyMedian time to first token

—

3.1s

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

—

<1 t/s

Accepts

Text

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Ling 3.1 Flash vs MiniMax M3: summary

Ling 3.1 Flash and MiniMax M3 are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Ling 3.1 Flash, from inclusionAI, has a 262,144-token context window, costs $0.07/1M input and $0.22/1M output tokens and scores 29.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiniMax M3, from Minimax, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs from $0.28/1M input and $1.10/1M output tokens across 2 providers and scores 18.9 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Ling 3.1 Flash is the cheapest on input, 4× cheaper than the next model, MiniMax M3 has the largest context window and Ling 3.1 Flash scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="inclusionai/ling-3.1-flash", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="minimax/minimax-m3", messages=[...])

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