MiniMax M3

MiniMax M3 on OptiQ Cloud, billed per token.

cloud

MiniMax M3 is a model from MiniMax with a context window of 512K tokens. It answers without thinking unless you set a reasoning effort. It is served by OptiQ Cloud and billed per token. All OptiQ Cloud models are served at full precision, and your requests are never used for training.

Input$0.50 / M

Cached input$0.10 / M

Output$2.00 / M

Context512K tokens

Typical speed—

Next to the other OptiQ Cloud models

Scores are from each maker's model card, for benchmarks that more than one card reports; OptiQ did not run them. Prices are what OptiQ Cloud charges.

Output price, $ per million tokens

Input price, $ per million tokens

Use it

Connect this Mac

pip install mlx-optiq
optiq cloud login

Claude Code

optiq run claude --cloud minimax-m3

Codex

optiq run codex --cloud minimax-m3

OpenCode

optiq run opencode --cloud minimax-m3

Mistral Vibe

optiq run vibe --cloud minimax-m3

Hermes Agent

optiq run hermes --cloud minimax-m3

OpenClaw

optiq run openclaw --cloud minimax-m3

No local model is loaded. optiq run starts optiq serve --cloud-only, sets the agent up for this session only, and stops the server when the agent exits.

OptiQ Code

Boost: this model leads the task and your local model is its helper.

/boost minimax-m3

OptiQ Lab, and any app that talks to optiq serve

Pick optiq-cloud/minimax-m3 in the model list. With no local model:

optiq serve --cloud-only

The API, from anywhere

Create a key on the dashboard.

curl https://cloud.mlx-optiq.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPTIQ_CLOUD_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "minimax-m3",
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://cloud.mlx-optiq.com/api/v1",
    api_key="<your key>")
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax-m3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}])
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)

Details

Input	$0.50 per million tokens
Cached input	$0.10 per million tokens
Output, including reasoning	$2.00 per million tokens
Context window	512K tokens
Longest reply	131,072 tokens
Model id	`minimax-m3` on the API, `optiq-cloud/minimax-m3` in optiq serve