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MiniMax-M3 vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview

	MiniMax-M3	MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview
Providers	MiniMax	MiniMax
Input $/M	$0.65	$0.65
Output $/M	$2.58	$2.58
Output multiplier	×4.00	×4.00
Context window	1M tokens	1M tokens
Intelligence index	35.7	—
Coding index	58.6	—

What the numbers mean

Input pricing is close — 1.00× apart — so the decision should come down to measured quality on your own evaluation set rather than headline cost.

Tags: MiniMax-M3 — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision · MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview — Chat, Reasoning, Coding, Vision

Code

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")

# MiniMax-M3
client.chat.completions.create(model="MiniMax-M3", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])

# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview
client.chat.completions.create(model="MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-Preview", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])

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