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MiniMax M3

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

5/31/2026
1,048,576 tokens
#29 Code (Overall)
Input: ¥53.61/M
Output: ¥214.44/M
Specifications

Modalities

Input
text
image
video
Output
text

Supported Parameters

frequency_penalty
include_reasoning
logit_bias
logprobs
max_tokens
min_p
presence_penalty
reasoning
repetition_penalty
response_format
seed
stop
structured_outputs
temperature
tool_choice
tools
top_k
top_logprobs
top_p

Max Output Tokens

512,000
Code Examples
curl https://api.fastmetal.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax-m3",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

How MiniMax M3 actually answers

Real responses to our standard prompts, recorded on FastMetal.

Count the number of 'r's in 'strawberry'

Count the number of 'r's in 'strawberry'. Explain your reasoning step by step.

# Counting 'r's in "strawberry" Let me go through the word letter by letter: **s** - t - **r** - a - w - b - e - **r** - **r** - y | Position | Letter | Is it 'r'? | |----------|--------|------------| | 1 | s | No | | 2 | t | No | | 3 | **r** | ✓ (1st) | | 4 | a | No | | 5 | w | No | | 6 | b | No | | 7 | e | No | | 8 | **r** | ✓ (2nd) | | 9 | **r** | ✓ (3rd) | | 10 | y | No | ## Answer: **3** The word "strawberry" contains **three 'r's** — one at position 3, and two consecutive 'r's at positions 8 and 9.
25.6s response455 output tokens
Debug This Error

I'm getting the following error in my Node.js application: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map') at UserList (/app/components/UserList.js:12:25) at renderWithHooks (/app/node_modules/rea…

# Error Analysis The error `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'map')` tells you that **`users` is `undefined`** when your component runs. JavaScript can't call `.map()` on `undefined`, so it throws this error. The component itself is fine syntactically — the problem is that the `users` prop isn't being passed, or hasn't loaded yet. ## Common Causes **1. The prop isn't passed at all:** ```jsx <UserList /> // No users prop → users is undefined ``` **2. Data is still loading (async fetch):** ```jsx const [users, setUsers] = useState(); // undefined initially ``` **3. API returns undefined:** ```jsx const { data } = await fetch('/api/users').then(r => r.json()); setUsers(data);…
32.8s response710 output tokens
Code Review

Please review the following Python function and suggest improvements for readability, performance, and best practices: def get_data(url, retries=3): import requests import time for i in range(retries):…

## Code Review This function works for the happy path, but it has several issues around error handling, retries, and readability. Here's a breakdown. ### 🐛 Bugs & Correctness Issues | # | Issue | Why It Matters | |---|-------|----------------| | 1 | `except:` with no exception type | Swallows `KeyboardInterrupt`, `SystemExit`, and *everything else* (typos, `MemoryError`). You lose visibility into real failures. | | 2 | Retries on every non‑200, including `4xx` | A `404` or `401` will never succeed by retrying — it just wastes time and rate-limit budget. | | 3 | `if item["active"] == True` | Both linters (PEP 8 E712) and Python idiom prefer `if item["active"]:`. | | 4 | `item["active"]` (…
33.4s response3977 output tokens

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Leaderboard
Text
🏆OverallELO: 1,444
#68
🇯🇵JapaneseELO: 1,414
#49
🇨🇳ChineseELO: 1,474
#83
🇰🇷KoreanELO: 1,373
#86
🇬🇧EnglishELO: 1,459
#62
frenchELO: 1,456
#76
germanELO: 1,437
#67
spanishELO: 1,423
#82
russianELO: 1,441
#71
💻CodingELO: 1,498
#59
🧮MathELO: 1,444
#60
✍️Creative WritingELO: 1,406
#79
📝Instruction FollowingELO: 1,438
#62
🌶️Hard PromptsELO: 1,466
#65
💬Multi-TurnELO: 1,453
#66
Vision
🏆OverallELO: 1,240
#45
Code
🏆OverallELO: 1,492
#29