MiniMax M3.1 Flash Save up to 25%minimax-m3-1-flash
Type
Spec
Rate
Input
per 1M prompt tokens
$0.15$0.1125
Output
per 1M generated tokens
$0.60$0.45
Implicit cache read
per 1M cached input tokens
$0.015$0.01125
Web search
per call when invoked
$0.01
MiniMax M3.1 Flash and Qwen3.8 Flash side by side: specs, capabilities, parameters, and live pricing from the EmpirioLabs catalog.
MiniMax 
Alibaba Cloud Text GenerationMiniMax M3.1 Flash from MiniMax and Qwen3.8 Flash from Alibaba Cloud are both in the Text Generation category, available through the EmpirioLabs API.
| Spec | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Model ID | minimax-m3-1-flash | qwen3-8-flash |
| Author | MiniMax | Alibaba Cloud |
| Released | Oct 19, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 983.6K tokens |
| Max output | 524,288 tokens | 131,072 tokens |
| Input | Text Image Video | Text Image Video |
| Output | Text | Text |
| Structured output | Not supported | JSON Schema |
| Region | Singapore | Singapore |
| Endpoints | POST /v1/chat/completions POST /v1/responses POST /v1/messages POST /v1beta/models/minimax-m3-1-flash:generateContent | POST /v1/chat/completions POST /v1/responses POST /v1/messages POST /v1beta/models/qwen3-8-flash:generateContent |
| Capabilities |
Live rates from the EmpirioLabs catalog for both models. Each rate card always matches what the API charges.
Request parameters each model lists on EmpirioLabs, with the allowed values or range where one applies. A dash marks a parameter the model does not list.
| Parameter | MiniMax M3.1 Flash | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| reasoning_effort | low, medium, high, xhigh, max Default: max | none, low, medium, high, max |
| max_completion_tokens | 1 to 524288 Default: 32768 | - |
| stop | array | string |
| tool_web_search | boolean Default: false | boolean Default: false |
| tools | array | - |
| tool_choice | object | - |
| disable_formatting | boolean Default: false | boolean Default: false |
| temperature | - | 0 to 1.99 Default: 0.7 |
| top_p | - | 0 to 1 Default: 0.9 |
| max_tokens | - | 1 to 131072 |
| enable_thinking | - | boolean Default: true |
| thinking_budget | - | 1 to 262144 |
| preserve_thinking | - | boolean Default: true |
| seed | - | 0 to 2147483647 |
| top_k | - | 1 to 100 |
| presence_penalty | - | -2 to 2 |
Text, image, and video input with text output, a 1M token context, and up to 524,288 output tokens. The model always reasons: reasoning_effort sets how deeply (low, medium, high, xhigh, or max; the default is max), and the reasoning text is returned in reasoning_content. Reasoning tokens are billed as output tokens. Repeated prompt prefixes are cached automatically and billed at the cached input rate. Set tool_web_search to true to let the model search the web; each executed search is billed, and one request can run several searches. Answers that used web search end with a Sources list unless disable_formatting is true. Structured output through response_format is not supported; ask for JSON in the prompt instead.
Text, image, and video input are supported. Web search, web extractor, code interpreter, text-to-image search, and image-to-image search are optional built-in tools exposed through tool_* parameters. Web search, text-to-image search, and image-to-image search add $0.02 for each invoked call; web extractor and code interpreter run at no extra cost. Web extractor requires web search, and both web extractor and code interpreter require thinking. A single request can invoke a tool more than once, and each invoked call is billed. Thinking tokens are billed as output tokens.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash serves the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1 with your EmpirioLabs API key and use the model id minimax-m3-1-flash. Both models are called through the same endpoint. Set model to minimax-m3-1-flash or qwen3-8-flash. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-m3-1-flash",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."}
]
}'Prompt tests and comparison runs that cover both models.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the newer release (Oct 19, 2026); Qwen3.8 Flash was released on Aug 26, 2026. MiniMax M3.1 Flash has the larger context window: 1M tokens, against 983.6K for Qwen3.8 Flash. MiniMax M3.1 Flash returns up to 524,288 output tokens per response, Qwen3.8 Flash up to 131,072. The specs, rate cards, and parameters on this page come from the live EmpirioLabs catalog.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is the newer release (Oct 19, 2026); Qwen3.8 Flash was released on Aug 26, 2026.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash lists the lower rate for Input (per 1M prompt tokens) and Output (per 1M generated tokens). Both live rate cards are on this page and always match what the API charges.
Yes. Both models use POST /v1/chat/completions with the same EmpirioLabs API key, so most integrations switch by changing the model value. Check the parameters table on this page first if you rely on a model-specific parameter.
Yes. Open each model in the EmpirioLabs playground and run the same prompt on both, with the parameters the API exposes.
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