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MiniMax M3 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash

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

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MiniMax M3Minimaxminimax/minimax-m3
MiMo V2.6 FlashXiaomixiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash
Creator
Minimax
Xiaomi
Released
May 31, 2026
Sep 21, 2026
Context window
1M
1.05M (best)
Max output
512K (best)
131K
Input / 1MLowest provider price
$0.28$0.28–$0.30 across 2
$0.14 (best)
Output / 1MLowest provider price
$1.10$1.10–$1.20 across 2
$0.28 (best)
Providers
2 (best)
1
IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index
18.9
26.7 (best)
LatencyMedian time to first token
3.1s
—
ThroughputMedian tokens per second
<1 t/s
—
Accepts
Text, Image, Video
Text, Image, Video, Audio
Produces
Text
Text
Tool calling
Yes
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes

MiniMax M3 vs MiMo V2.6 Flash: summary

MiniMax M3 and MiMo V2.6 Flash are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

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.

MiMo V2.6 Flash, from Xiaomi, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens and scores 26.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiMo V2.6 Flash is the cheapest on input, 2× cheaper than the next model, MiMo V2.6 Flash has the largest context window and MiMo V2.6 Flash scores highest for intelligence.

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client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="minimax/minimax-m3", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="xiaomi/mimo-v2.6-flash", messages=[...])
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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis