MiniMax M3

Released

Jun 1, 2026

Price in / out

$0.3 / $1.2

Blended $/1M

$0.525

Context

Parameters: 428B / 23B active. License: MiniMax Community.

Benchmark scoresvs MiniMax M2.7

Benchmark	Score	Δ vs prior	Rank (current)	Configuration	Source
Terminal-Bench 2.1	53.6%	+4.9	#18 of 20	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
SWE-bench Verified	80.5%	—	#3 of 8	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
τ²-bench (Telecom)	88.9%	+4.1	#5 of 9	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index	44.4	+6.3	#3 of 10	leaderboard	benchlm.ai ↗

MiniMax versions

Timeline

Version	Released	$ in / out	Terminal-Bench	SWE-bench	GPQA	AIME	τ²-bench	AA Index
MiniMax M2.5Superseded	2026-02-12	—	—	—	—	—	95.3%	33.6
MiniMax M2.7Superseded	2026-03-18	—	48.7%	—	87%	89.8%	84.8%	38.1
MiniMax M3	2026-06-01	$0.3 / $1.2	53.6%	80.5%	—	—	88.9%	44.4

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