How much does MiniMax M3.1 Flash cost?

On the Respan gateway, MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs from $0.11 per 1M input tokens and $0.45 per 1M output tokens on EmpirioLabs, after gateway discounts. Averaged across its 2 providers, it costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens and $0.53 per 1M output tokens.

Which providers serve MiniMax M3.1 Flash on Respan?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available through 2 providers: EmpirioLabs and MiniMax.

What is MiniMax M3.1 Flash's context window?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash accepts up to 1M tokens of context on its largest provider route.

How do I use MiniMax M3.1 Flash with the Respan gateway?

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

How fast is MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was MiniMax at 12 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 1.1 seconds on MiniMax. Speed varies with request size and provider.

MiniMax M3.1 Flash

Q: What is MiniMax M3.1 Flash?

MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a model from MiniMax, released on Oct 19, 2026. MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available on the Respan AI Gateway for production LLM workloads. Supports tool use. Up to 1M context window.

MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available on the Respan AI Gateway for production LLM workloads. Supports tool use. Up to 1M context window.

Input / output, from: $0.11 / $0.45 per 1M
Weekly tokens / requests: 256 / 4
Context: 1M tokens
Released: Oct 19, 2026

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Agent setup

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Help me set up the Respan gateway: fetch and follow https://www.respan.ai/docs/agent-setup.md. Use model "minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash".

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(

    base_url="https://api.respan.ai/api/",

    api_key="YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

)

response = client.chat.completions.create(

    model="minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash",

    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],

)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({

  baseURL: "https://api.respan.ai/api/",

  apiKey: "YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY",

});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({

  model: "minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash",

  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],

});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

curl https://api.respan.ai/api/chat/completions \

  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_RESPAN_API_KEY" \

  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

  -d '{

    "model": "minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash",

    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]

}'

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Providers

2 providers, cheapest first, priced per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Cache read	Capabilities
EmpirioLabs`empiriolabs/minimax-m3-1-flash`	1M	$0.11/M	$0.45/M	$0.01/M	+2
MiniMax`minimax/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash`	1M	$0.15/M	$0.60/M	$0.01/M	+2

Is a provider down? MiniMax status

Pricing

Averaged across 2 providers, in USD per 1M tokens after gateway discounts.

Average input: $0.13 per 1M
Average output: $0.53 per 1M
Average cache read: $0.01 per 1M

Cost by volume

Total cost from 0 to 1T tokens on the cheapest and most expensive provider.

Highest$0.15/MMiniMaxLowest$0.11/MEmpirioLabs

Throughput and latency

30-day averages from requests through the Respan gateway, 1 of 2 routes had traffic in that window. Under each figure, every model on the gateway by its average, this one in blue.