MiniMax's list price for its own API, as compiled by models.dev and checked Oct 10, 2026, 09:00 UTC. Prices on cloud platforms and resellers can differ. Provider documentation
Monthly cost by workload
Workload
MiniMax-M3
Qwen3.8 Max
Chatbot1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day
$270.00/mo
$1,500/mo
RAG8,000 in / 500 out tokens, 5,000 requests a day
$450.00/mo
$2,850/mo
Coding agent50,000 in / 2,000 out tokens, 1,000 requests a day, 80% cached input
$234.00/mo
$1,260/mo
Cost = input tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, 30 days a month. Cached input uses the cache read price. Cache write fees are not included.
Context and capabilities
MiniMax-M3
Qwen3.8 Max
Context
1,000,000 tokens
1,000,000 tokens
Max output
512,000 tokens
131,072 tokens
Input
text, image, video
text, image, video, pdf
Tool calling
Yes
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Yes
Structured outputs
No
Yes
Questions
What is the price difference between MiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.8 Max?
MiniMax-M3: $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens. Qwen3.8 Max: $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. For the Chatbot workload (1,000 in / 500 out tokens, 10,000 requests a day), that is about $270.00 per month for MiniMax-M3 and $1,500 for Qwen3.8 Max.
Which has the longer context window, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.8 Max?
Both accept up to 1,000,000 tokens of context.
Do MiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.8 Max have prompt caching and batch prices?
MiniMax-M3: cached input $0.06 per 1M tokens; no batch price published. Qwen3.8 Max: cached input $0.25 per 1M tokens; no batch price published.