MiniMax M3 is a MiniMax model that specialises in agentic. On CrapGPT a typical chat costs 0.13¢, 2.6x cheaper than the median model, so NZ$1 buys about 792 chats. It ranks #23 of 25 for overall ability and scores highest at following instructions. Good at multi-step and tool style tasks.
| True cost per chat | 0.13¢ NZD |
|---|---|
| API list price | $0.3 input / $1.2 output per 1M tokens (USD) |
| Speciality | Agentic |
| Vendor | MiniMax |
| Data sources | 4 |
Scores blend every source we can match (LMArena, Epoch AI, Artificial Analysis and CrapGPT's own tests), each converted to a percentile against the current field. Updated 2026-10-11.
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About 0.13¢ NZD per typical chat on CrapGPT, based on measured token use. The API list price is $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens (USD). There is no subscription.
You can try it with CrapGPT's free daily allowance after a one-tap Google sign-in.
Its strongest category is following instructions (score 66, #10 on CrapGPT), followed by coding (58). Scores blend public benchmarks and our own tests on one 0 to 100 scale.
Ling 3.1 Flash costs 0.021¢ a chat with similar overall ability (81 vs 49).