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MiniMax M3.1 Flash

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MinimaxReleased Oct 19, 2026minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash
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MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the Flash-tier successor in MiniMax's M3 family, a multimodal reasoning model built for coding, autonomous agents, computer use, and long-horizon workflows at low cost. It is a 428B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with about 23B active parameters, accepts text, images, and video, and returns text, with a 1M-token context window and output up to about 524K tokens. Thinking is always on, with tunable depth. MiniMax reports about 70% lower overall cost than M3 on agentic tasks, with flat pricing and no long-context surcharge. It is currently API-only (MiniMax API, M Plan, and MiniMax Code), and MiniMax says weights will be released later.

Context
1M
Max output
524K
Input /1M
$0.15
Output /1M
$0.60
Blended /1M
$0.26
AcceptsTextImageVideoProducesTextTokenizer Other

Providers

FastRouter routes your requests to this provider. You can also bring your own key.

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Input /1M$0.15
Output /1M$0.60
Context1M
Max output524K
Latency—
Throughput—
Supports tool callingSupports structured (JSON) outputSupports reasoning

Supported parameters

Request parameters you can send with this model.

Parameter
Type
Minimax
Core (Sampling & basic generation)
max_tokensMaximum tokens to generate.
number
1 to 524288
temperatureControls randomness of output.
number
-
top_pNucleus sampling threshold.
number
0 to 1
Reasoning (Reasoning Controls)
include_reasoningInclude reasoning trace in the response.
bool
true | false
reasoningProvider-specific reasoning configuration.
string
"low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"default: max
Tool Use (Function Calls & Tools)
tool_choiceHow the model should use tools.
string
"auto", "required", "none"
toolsTool/function definitions available to the model.
array
Output & Format (Response Formatting)
response_formatStructured output format configuration.
string
"text", "json_object", "json_schema"

Performance

Median throughput and time to first token per provider over the last week.

Throughput

Latency

Make your first API call

OpenAI-compatible. Point your SDK at FastRouter, or call the API directly.

Full API docs
Replace <FASTROUTER_API_KEY> with your key · Get your key →Install
OpenAI SDKHTTP
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", # FastRouter base URL
api_key= "<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>", # Replace with your FastRouter API key
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash", # Replace with your model ID
messages=[
{ "role": "user", "content": "What is the meaning of life?" }
]
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)

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