MiniMax route
MiniMax-M3-highspeed
MiniMax M3 Highspeed API pricing.
One OpenAI-compatible route at the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from one prepaid balance. No subscription required.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.45
Output / 1M tokens
$1.80
Context window
1M
Provider
MiniMax
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Put the token rate into context.
These examples apply the published input and output rates directly. Actual cost follows the exact tokens your client sends and the model returns.
This route is the 12th cheapest of 39 comparable text models and cheaper than 27 on the same key. Its context window ranks 19th of 39.
Short request
$0.0063
10K input + 1K output
Agent turn
$0.063
100K input + 10K output
Exact token billing
No request minimum
One model ID change
OpenAI compatible
Cost neighbourhood
Nearby routes, same workload.
Every comparison uses the same 100K-input / 10K-output turn. Changing route is a one-line model ID edit.
Price does not measure task quality. Check MiniMax M3 Highspeed benchmark evidence before optimizing on cost alone. For generation routes, see GPT Image 2.
First request
Route it in one call.
Use any OpenAI SDK or tool. Keep the request shape, point the base URL at RouterPlex, and set the model ID shown here.
Read the quickstartcurl https://api.routerplex.com/v1/chat/completions \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERPLEX_API_KEY" \-H "Content-Type: application/json" \-d '{"model": "MiniMax-M3-highspeed","messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]}'
Route notes
Questions before production traffic.
01How much does the MiniMax M3 Highspeed API cost?+
Through RouterPlex, MiniMax M3 Highspeed costs $0.45 per 1M input tokens and $1.80 per 1M output tokens — the vendor list price with 0% markup, billed per token from a prepaid balance you top up from $5.
02What does one MiniMax M3 Highspeed agent turn cost?+
A 100K-token input with a 10K-token reply costs about $0.063 on MiniMax M3 Highspeed. That makes it the 12th cheapest of 39 comparable text models on RouterPlex, roughly 5.8× the cost of the cheapest option (DeepSeek V4 Flash).
03What is a cheaper alternative to MiniMax M3 Highspeed?+
MiMo V2.5 Pro from Xiaomi is the closest cheaper model on RouterPlex — $0.053 per agent turn against $0.063 for MiniMax M3 Highspeed, at $0.44/1M input and $0.87/1M output. Both run on the same key and the same endpoint, so switching is a one-line model ID change.
04Is MiniMax M3 Highspeed cheaper than Qwen3.6 Plus?+
Yes. Per agent turn, MiniMax M3 Highspeed costs about $0.063 against $0.080 for Qwen3.6 Plus — 21% less.
05What is the context window of MiniMax M3 Highspeed?+
MiniMax M3 Highspeed supports a 1M token context window on RouterPlex, the 19th largest of the 39 models that publish one.
06Can I use MiniMax M3 Highspeed with the OpenAI SDK?+
Yes. RouterPlex serves MiniMax M3 Highspeed through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint at https://api.routerplex.com/v1 — point any OpenAI SDK or tool at that base URL with your RouterPlex key and set model to "MiniMax-M3-highspeed".
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