MiniMax · current

M3 Preview

M3 Preview is attributed to MiniMax in the catalog. It accepts text, image, and video input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include reasoning and tool calling.

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Hosted provider token rates

$0.30 / $1.20

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Venice AI

Context

524K

Released

2026-06-12

Knowledge cutoff

Unknown

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Venice AI

minimax-m3-preview

current

Input

$0.30

Output

$1.20

Cache

$0.06

Context

524K

Max output

66K

Reasoning: Yes
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Unknown

Recent price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
Venice AI minimax-m3-preview	currentRecent price	524K	66K	$0.30	$1.20	$0.06	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown

Capabilities and limits

Input: text, image, video
Output: text
Max output: 66K
Weights: Open (source-reported)
Release: 2026-06-12
Knowledge cutoff: Unknown
Family: minimax-m3

Reasoning · Tool calling · Vision

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Model and price history

Price history (39 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-01	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-31	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-30	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-29	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-28	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-27	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-26	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-25	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-24	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-23	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-22	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-21	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-20	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-19	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-18	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-17	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-12	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-12	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-11	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-10	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-09	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-09	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-08	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-10-07	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-22	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-21	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-20	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-19	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-18	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20
2026-09-17	Venice AI	$0.30 / $1.20