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MiniMax M3 · Code · Design

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MiniMax offers language models together with coding, design, video and speech products. The text-model family and the creative products have different interfaces and access conditions.

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MiniMax Open-Sources H3-Image Model for 4K Image Generation

According to IT Home, MiniMax released H3-Image, an open-weight image generation model derived from H3, supporting text-to-image, image reference and image editing. According to the company, it can produce a 4096x4096 (about 16MP) image within 10 seconds, claims up to 16 reference images and stronger instruction following than other open models. Weights are on Hugging Face, with an API and a first-week discount on 16MP requests.

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MiniMax Code launches Mini App runtime for persistent agent workspaces

MiniMax announced Mini App, a new extension format for its MiniMax Code desktop app that packages a frontend and Node.js backend as an installable plugin. According to the company, Mini Apps keep agent work on a live page rather than scattered across conversations, and can call and be called by the Agent. The release includes a runtime, a /miniapp-creator flow, and official Mini Apps in the plugin marketplace.

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MiniMax Releases M3.1 Flash With Faster Inference and Lower Cost

MiniMax has launched MiniMax M3.1 Flash, a next-generation Flash model it says improves agentic tasks, coding, computer use and cybersecurity. The company claims online inference is nearly three times faster and usage costs are 70% lower than its predecessor, with flat pricing of $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens. It is available via the MiniMax API, M Plan and MiniMax Code, with weights to follow later.

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MiniMax Sets Retirement Schedule for M2.5 and M2.7 Models

MiniMax published a retirement schedule for its M2.5 and M2.7 model families. The vendor says the models will close to new users on October 19, 2026, and be fully retired on November 18, 2026, after which API requests will fail. M Plan and Token Plan traffic will be automatically routed to M3.1 Flash starting October 19, with existing model names kept for backward compatibility.

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Latest models & families

As listed on 2026-10-23

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MiniMax models and uses
Model / familyPositioning & use
MiniMax M3.1 Flash ↗Agent & codingThe October 19 release focuses on agentic work, coding and computer use.
MiniMax M3 ↗MultimodalA multimodal model family with coding and tool-using workloads among its intended uses.

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Checked 2026-10-23 · Original introductions based on vendor documentation, not hands-on reviews.

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