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New MiniMax-M3 — Nearest Competitors (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Kimi K2.6, Qwen3.7 Max)
Pricing
| Metric Type | MiniMax M3MiniMax · via OpenRouter | Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle · via OpenRouter | Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI · via OpenRouter | Qwen3.7 MaxQwen · via OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputper 1M tokens | $0.30TextImageVideo | $1.50TextImageVideoFileAudio | $0.65TextImage | $1.48Text |
| Outputper 1M tokens | $1.20Text | $9.00Text | $3.41Text | $4.42Text |
| Reasoningper 1M tokens | — | $9.00 | — | — |
| Cached inputper 1M tokens | $0.060 | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.29 |
| Cache writeper 1M tokens | — | $0.083 | — | $1.84 |
| Image inputper 1M tokens | — | $1.50 | — | — |
| Audio inputper 1M tokens | — | $3.00 | — | — |
| Cached audio inputper 1M tokens | — | $0.30 | — | — |
| Web searchper request | — | $0.014 | — | — |
MiniMax's brand-new M3 head-to-head against its nearest competitors from Google, Moonshot, and Alibaba.
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Sources
Model makers/Providers:MiniMax ·Google ·Moonshot AI ·Qwen ·OpenRouter