MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax · released Oct 19, 2026
- Type
- Closed
- Input
- $0.15
- Output
- $0.60
- Cached
- $0.015
List price · per 1M tokens · Minimax through OpenRouter at 1M context · source ↗
Our take
Written Oct 22, 2026MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a hosted-only model: we list no download for it, so using it means choosing a host. It has been measured on a human-vote web-app building board, where it places mid-field, and it takes text, images and video in the same request.
Pick it for web-app building tasks where a mid-field human-preference placing is acceptable and the bill matters, or for work that mixes a screenshot or a clip with the question. All three hosts we list charge the same rate, so the host you pick does not change the bill. Skip it if your task needs measured coding, reasoning or long-document recall, or if you meant to run the model on your own machine.
The case for it
- Text, images and video all go into the same request, so a screenshot or a clip does not have to be described in words first.
- OpenRouter, Novita and MiniMax all list the same rate, so the host you pick does not change the bill.
- The request capacity takes long documents without splitting them up first, though reliable recall across all of it is unverified in our data.
The case against it
- Its only measured quality is a mid-field placing on a board of human votes about web-app building, which records which build people preferred rather than whether it worked.
- We list no download for it, so using it means choosing a host and paying per token.
- Nothing supplied measures coding, reasoning or long-document recall, so those tasks need a trial on work you can check yourself.
How good is it?
EverydayGeneral questions and everyday reasoning
Not yet scored on Arena Text (overall).
CodingWriting and fixing code on its own
Not yet scored on Arena Coding.
AgenticPlanning, calling tools, staying on task
Not yet scored on Arena Agent.
WritingDrafting and rewriting prose
Not yet scored on Arena Creative Writing.
Every published score for this model1 scoreEvery figure we hold, from 1 board, with who ran it and a link to the source — including the boards no rating above is built on.
Where to rent it
Prices checked between 56 min and 2 hours ago
Minimax, through OpenRouter
The lab is also the cheapest we hold. The strip above and this offer are the same one, so nothing on this page undercuts Minimax on 1M of context.
- per 1M tokens
- $0.15 in / $0.60 out
- Context served
- 1M
- Throughput
- ~89 tok/s
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| Provider | In / out per 1M tokens | Context | Throughput | Trains on prompts | Logs prompts | Zero retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | $0.15 / $0.60 | 1M | not measured | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Novita AIDirect from Novita AI | $0.15 / $0.60 | 1M | not measured | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| MinimaxThrough OpenRouter | $0.15 / $0.60 | 1M524K max reply | 89 tok/s | No | Yesunknown period | Unknown |
OpenRouter
Novita AIAcross the 3 listings we hold: 1 says it does not train on prompts, 0 say they do and 2 do not say. 0 appear in the zero-retention registry we check; the rest are unknown to us.
What each host's API supports
From the parameter list each endpoint publishes. Streaming is omitted: nothing we hold reports it, for any model.
| Provider | Tool calling | JSON output | Strict schema |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterOpenRouter's own listing | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Novita AIDirect | |||
| MinimaxThrough OpenRouter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
Tool calling: 2 of 3 listings say yes, 1 publishes no parameter list. JSON output: 2 of 3 listings say yes, 1 publishes no parameter list. Strict schema: 0 of 3 listings say yes, 2 say no, 1 publishes no parameter list.
When we formed this view
Recent changes
What moved
the day we started tracking itWhat moved
New model detected on OpenRouter: minimax/minimax-m3.1-flashEach date is the day we first saw the change, or the day the maker announced it.
What we do not know about this model yet
- 1 of 3 listings publishes no parameter list, so what its API accepts is unknown to us.
- Nothing we hold says whether an endpoint streams, so we do not show it either way.
- 2 of 3 listings do not say whether they train on prompts.
- We hold no batch or off-peak rate for any of its listings.
Licence and identifiers
What the licence allowsWe hold no licence record for this model. Inside are the identifiers you need to pull it — its Hugging Face repo where we have one, our slug and a machine-readable card.
Licence
We hold no licence record for this model, and no record of published weights either — so we can neither summarise its terms nor point you at the weights.
Identifiers
- Takes in, gives back
- Text, images and video in, text out
- Catalogue slug
- minimax-minimax-m3-1-flash