MiniMax-M3.1-Flash API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of MiniMax-M3.1-Flash for your use-case.
Lowest Time per Task
Inco
DigitalOcean
Nebius
Parasail
ModularTime per Intelligence Index task (minutes)
Total 13 providers
Lowest Cost per Task
GMIDigitalOceanModular
NovitaParasailCost per Intelligence Index task
Total 13 providers
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is available through 13 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For time per task, Inco (6.3 min), DigitalOcean (11.9 min), and Nebius (12.2 min) finish an Intelligence Index task fastest.
- For cost per task, GMI ($0.33), DigitalOcean ($0.42), and Modular ($0.43) are the cheapest per Intelligence Index task. Cost varies up to 9.4x across providers.
Pricing
Cost per Intelligence Index Task: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Output Speed vs. Cost per Task: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Speed
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time per Intelligence Index Task: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Latency
Average of the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Time to First Answer Token: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Reliability
Share of requests the endpoint failed, across all the single-request and multi-turn agentic workloads measured
Endpoint Error Rate: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Caching
Cache Hit Rate: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Cost per Task vs. Cache Hit Rate: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
| DigitalOcean | $0.42 | 11.9 | 59.64 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
 Fireworks | $0.50 | 14.7 | 23.07 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
| GMI | $0.33 | 16.0 | 28.75 | 1.7% | 1M | Open | ||
| Inco | $3.11 | 30.5 | 95.37 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
| Inco | $1.45 | 6.2 | 11.63 | 0.0% | 262k | Open | ||
 MiniMax | $0.49 | 14.2 | 45.48 | 0.8% | 1M | Open | ||
| Modular | $0.43 | 12.8 | 47.44 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
| Nebius | $1.01 | 12.3 | 22.86 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
| Novita | $0.43 | 17.7 | 55.21 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
| Parasail | $0.44 | 12.3 | 23.25 | 1.5% | 1M | Open | ||
 SambaNova | $2.97 | 17.0 | 34.74 | 1.6% | 1M | Open | ||
 SiliconFlow | $0.68 | 24.3 | 80.24 | 4.5% | 1M | Open | ||
 Together AI | $0.46 | 18.4 | 67.69 | 0.0% | 1M | Open | ||
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about MiniMax-M3.1-Flash providers
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is available through 13 API providers: DigitalOcean, GMI, Nebius, Inco, Parasail, Together AI, Fireworks, Inco, SiliconFlow, Modular, Novita, SambaNova, and MiniMax. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is currently available through 13 API providers that we benchmark and track.
By time per task, the fastest providers for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash are Inco (6.3 min), DigitalOcean (11.9 min), and Nebius (12.2 min). Time per task divides the model's output tokens per Intelligence Index task by each provider's end-to-end output speed.
The most affordable providers for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash by blended price are GMI ($0.0754 per 1M tokens), DigitalOcean ($0.10 per 1M tokens), and Nebius ($0.10 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The providers with the lowest input token pricing for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash are GMI ($0.11 per 1M input tokens), DigitalOcean ($0.15 per 1M input tokens), and Nebius ($0.15 per 1M input tokens).
The providers with the lowest output token pricing for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash are GMI ($0.45 per 1M output tokens), DigitalOcean ($0.60 per 1M output tokens), and Nebius ($0.60 per 1M output tokens).
All 13 providers of MiniMax-M3.1-Flash support JSON mode for structured output.
All 13 providers of MiniMax-M3.1-Flash support function calling (tool use).
When choosing a provider for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, consider: time per task (how quickly the provider completes an Intelligence Index task), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview