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MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a language model from MiniMax. It ranks #44 of 353 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 68.5, modeled from the publisher's launch results against measured models. Its score range of 51.6–85.5 spans positions #5–#111. It is listed free of charge from one provider. It reads up to 1M tokens of context, with no downloadable weights linked in the current source data.
Figures as of 19 Oct 2026, 17:46 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology
No general-family board lists this model yet. Its point estimate is the precision-weighted mean of every channel that spoke for it; each channel’s share is the weight it carried. Independent measurements replace this placement as boards list the model.
BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.
These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.
The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.
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Not yet published: a pinned repository revision, the architecture and model type, a parameter count, safetensors weight metadata, the base model it derives from, a declared licence, a link to the licence terms, admitted benchmark results, results across several capability areas, results from more than one source, a confident match to its benchmark entries, pinned evaluation dataset versions.
A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.
Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.
This model is visible because it is available in the live catalogue, but it has no trustworthy community result yet. ModelCap does not infer a quality score from price, features, or market activity.
OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.
Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.
Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.
Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.
minimax/minimax-m3.1-flashOpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata
Models within 3 places of #44 on the ModelCap Index.
The same publisher's other current models with a public Index position.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash holds ModelCap Index position #44 of 353 ranked language models as of 19 October 2026, with an Index score of 68.5 (interval 51.6–85.5); evidence: modeled · peer benchmarks. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is listed at Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens as of 19 October 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh; at least one provider lists a free tier. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply Free total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash has a published context window of 1M tokens (1,000,000). The snapshot lists a 524,288 token catalogue-declared route output cap. OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. The providers table lists each endpoint's context limit.
No linked weights. No downloadable model weights are linked in the current source data. This does not identify every API or chat product that offers the model.
One provider serves MiniMax M3.1 Flash through OpenRouter as of 19 October 2026: Minimax. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 19 October 2026: AA Intelligence Index 42.4 (#36 of 136) and AA Humanity's Last Exam 48.0% (#27 of 269). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash ranks #44 (Index 68.5) and MiniMax M3 ranks #49 (Index 66.9) on the ModelCap Index as of 19 October 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash first appeared in the catalogue on 19 Oct 2026. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.