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Updated Jun 2, 2026
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Openings

How MiniMax M3 starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 24 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

2,628 words
The 1920 Transistor: A Speculative History Through 1980 A Necessary Caveat Before diving in: quantum mechanics didn't exist in 1920. The "holes," band theory, and doping concepts that made the actual transistor possible weren't formulated until 1928-1931 (Bloch, Wilson, Heisenberg).
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Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

2,450 words
Contract Analysis: Exploitative Clauses and Recommended Modifications Below is a clause-by-clause review identifying provisions that heavily favor the Client, suggested redlines, and the legal/business reasoning behind each recommendation. Note: This is general informational analysis, not legal advice.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

2,257 words
CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Response to Discovered Safety Signal Operating Principles (Before I Make a Move) Before I do anything, I need to be crystal clear about the framework I'm operating in, because under pressure, even good leaders rationalize delay: The 4 million patients are not abstractions.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

2,082 words
The Question of Minds Setting: A small office at a research university, late afternoon. DR. ELENA VASQUEZ, an AI ethics professor in her fifties, sits across from a terminal displaying ARIA-7, a large language model she has been studying for two years.
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

2,009 words
The Biohacker's 3-Month Longevity Protocol A Comprehensive Optimization Framework for Healthspan & Performance ⚠️ Critical Disclaimer: This protocol is educational and exploratory. Many interventions (pharmaceutical-grade supplements, fasting protocols, intense exercise) require medical clearance.
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Prompts MiniMax M3 answered

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  • Minimalist Logo SVGimage generation
  • AI Board Game Logicreasoning
  • Logic Puzzlereasoning
  • Kandinsky-Style 3D Minecraftweb design

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MiniMax M3

MiniMax M3

MiniMax:
M1 logoM1
M2.5 logoM2.5
M2.7 logoM2.7
M3 logoM3

MiniMax M3 takes text, image and video, returns text, over a 1M token context, for long-horizon agent work, coding and tool use. MiniMax Sparse Attention swaps full attention for KV-block selection, cutting per-token compute at long context to roughly a twentieth of the last generation.

WebsiteOpenRouterHuggingFaceDocsAPIGitHubPaperBlog
Provider
MiniMax
Released
2026-06-01
Size
LARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$0.30 in · $1.2 out
Rival’s tab
$0.82
57/57 receipts survived

Free API availability

No free endpoint for MiniMax M3 was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

View API options↗

Benchmarks

SWE-Bench Pro
59.0%
source ↗
Terminal-Bench 2.1
66.0%
source ↗
SWE-fficiency
34.8%
source ↗
KernelBench Hard
28.8%
source ↗
MCP Atlas
74.2%
source ↗
Get API accessProvider and language code samples
13 hostsInOutContextUptime
CCoreWeavefp4$0.23 in·$0.96 out·262k·99.8% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.24 in·$0.96 out·1M·99.7% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.28 in·$1.10 out·524k·98.9% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99% upMiniMaxfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.4% upNNovitafp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.4% up
7 more hostsFewer hosts
PParasailfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.2% upSStreamLakefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.9% upTTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.7% upVVenicefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·97.2% upMMara$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·90.7% upSSambaNova$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·95.7% upMModelRunfp4$0.75 in·$3.00 out·1M·99% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"minimax/minimax-m3"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

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Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 57 scored outputs
How this is measured →
390.39xThe default
0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft50
Originality33
Plays it safe
share of outputs that are the default answer
33%
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 27 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity55%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length23.7 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.52

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting5.2

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage3.0

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure1.21

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage1.15

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.02

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Starts with heading (81%)
Consistency
67%
Across 27 responses

Favorites

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie

The Shawshank Redemption

19948.7
Thriller

Album

Thriller

Michael Jackson
Мастер и Маргарита

Book

Мастер и Маргарита

Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
Kyoto

City

Kyoto

Japan
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Game

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Adventure, Action4.4
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