MiniMax M3.1 Flash just went free on OpenRouter
Описание и применение
MiniMax M3.1 Flash теперь доступен бесплатно через OpenRouter, предлагая 1 млн‑токеновый контекст, мультимодальный ввод и регулируемую степень рассуждения, что делает его практичным для повседневного программирования.
Задача
Developers lacked a free, 1M‑token, multimodal coding model with reasoning capabilities.
Результат
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is now freely accessible, offering 1M‑token context, multimodal input, and adjustable reasoning effort, making it a practical option for everyday coding tasks.
Рабочий процесс
- 1. Obtain an OpenRouter API key.
- 2. Set OpenAI client base_url to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and api_key to your key.
- 3. Call client.chat.completions.create with model "minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash:free" and desired messages.
- 4. Adjust reasoning effort via the "thinking" parameter (low, medium, high, xhigh, max).
Доказательства
MiniMax shipped M3.1 Flash as a preview on September 27, 2026, with almost no fanfare.
A free listing on OpenRouter means anyone with an API key can now try it in a couple of lines.
MiniMax hasn't published speed numbers. Early users report decode in the 90–110 tokens/sec range.
- Дата записи: 2026-10-19T13:41:02.898Z