AI Rate CardLing 3.1 Flash vs MiniMax-M3: API price and specs
Ling 3.1 Flash is 62% cheaper than MiniMax-M3 on input price.
MiniMax-M3 is 11% cheaper than Ling 3.1 Flash on output price.
Ling 3.1 Flash is 50% cheaper than MiniMax-M3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
MiniMax-M3 has a 4.9% larger context than Ling 3.1 Flash.
| Field | Ling 3.1 Flash | MiniMax-M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.075 | $0.20 +166.7% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.23 +12.5% | $0.20 |
| Median output, per 1M | $0.90 | $1.20 +33.3% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.12 | $0.24 +100% |
| Context | 1M +4.6% | 1M |
| Max output | 262K +75% | 1M |
| Providers | 13 +71.7% | 46 |
| Regions | US | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | file, text | file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text, video, video/mp4, video/quicktime, video/x-matroska, video/x-msvideo |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | yes | yes |
| Cheapest provider | fastrouter | aihubmix |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, kenari, kilo, novita, opencode, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Ling 3.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3?
Ling 3.1 Flash is 62% cheaper than MiniMax-M3 on input price. MiniMax-M3 is 11% cheaper than Ling 3.1 Flash on output price. Ling 3.1 Flash is 50% cheaper than MiniMax-M3 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Ling 3.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3?
Ling 3.1 Flash: 1M tokens; MiniMax-M3: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both Ling 3.1 Flash and MiniMax-M3?
deepinfra, edenai, fastrouter, huggingface, kenari, kilo, novita, opencode, openrouter, poe, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux