MiniMax · Text model · GA
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Figures checked 1 Nov 2026. A dash means not published on the sources we checked, so it stays blank rather than estimated. AA index and speed are from Artificial Analysis at the default setting.
MiniMax names these settings effort. Price per token is the same at every level. Higher levels usually use more output tokens. platform.minimax.io (opens in a new tab)
| Level | When to use it, per MiniMax | AA index | Tokens/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| low | No per-level advice published | – | – |
| medium | No per-level advice published | – | – |
| high | No per-level advice published | – | – |
| xhigh | No per-level advice published | – | – |
| max default | No per-level advice published | – | – |
Our rule of thumb: Simple or speed-critical work: low. Standard work: the lab's default. Complex work: high. Use xhigh or max only when your own tests show a gain, as OpenAI and Anthropic both advise. developers.openai.com (opens in a new tab)platform.claude.com (opens in a new tab)
Highlighted point is MiniMax M3.1 Flash. Grey points are the other 26 text models with both figures. Index at each model's best tested setting.
| Model | Index | Blended US$/1M |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | 57 | 20.000 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | 55 | 4.000 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | 51 | 2.000 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 28 | 0.200 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | 50 | 20.000 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 58 | 8.000 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 54 | 4.000 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 36 | 0.200 |
| Gemini 4 Carbon | 59 | 4.000 |
| Gemini 4 Argon | 50 | 4.000 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 31 | 1.500 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | 12 | 0.850 |
| Grok 4.7 | 35 | 3.000 |
| Muse Wonder | 43 | 8.000 |
| Mistral Large 4 | 26 | 1.050 |
| Mistral Small 4 | 4 | 0.262 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | 32 | 0.525 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | 23 | 1.980 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | 34 | 3.000 |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | 46 | 4.000 |
| GLM-5.3 | 32 | 2.150 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 28 | 0.237 |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | 29 | 0.262 |
| MiniMax M3 | 19 | 0.525 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 30 | 0.544 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | 27 | 0.175 |
| Step 5 Preview | 29 | 1.425 |
US$ per 1M tokens, standard tier, short prompts. Output left blank where not published.
| Model | Input US$/1M | Output US$/1M |
|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | 0.15 | 0.6 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | 0.15 | 0.5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | 0.14 | 0.28 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | 0.435 | 0.87 |
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MiniMax says M3.1 Flash is nearly three times faster and 70% cheaper on agent tasks than its predecessor, at $0.15 in and $0.60 out per 1M tokens. Weights for the 428 billion parameter model followed on 23 October. Speed and cost figures are MiniMax's own.
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