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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

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MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is an open-weight language model from MiniMax. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-GGUF (GGUF) weighs 259 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is 4× H100 80 GB.

For self-hosting, compare this build's requirements below with the GPU you plan to rent.

  • MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a native multimodal mixture-of-experts model developed by MiniMax for coding, agentic workflows, computer use, and cybersecurity.
  • It accepts text, image, and video inputs and produces text output with a context window of up to 1,048,576 tokens.
  • The model features approximately 428B total parameters with 23B activated per token and is released under an other licence.

Summary of the MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash model card, 2026-10-23. The estimate below is for another build of the family.

What it is

Released byMiniMax
Released2026-10-17
Parameters220.5B
VRAM259 GB for the weights

What it runs on

Memory and cards for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-GGUF (GGUF)

259 GBweights, file size
651 MBruntime overhead, at least
1,048,576 tokenscontext max

How much memory each request adds isn't estimated yet for this architecture. The weights need at least the cards below, plus room for the context.

CardWeights alone
RTX 3060 12 GB … B200 180 GB
12 smaller cards
does not fit
4× H100 80 GB
split by layers (llama.cpp)
fits
4× A100 80 GB
split by layers (llama.cpp)
fits
2× B200 180 GB
split by layers (llama.cpp)
fits
4× RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB
split by layers (llama.cpp)
fits
4× H200 141 GB
split by layers (llama.cpp)
fits

Builds

Sizes, precisions & builds

BuildParamsPrecisionWeightsSmallest setup
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash ↗ 220.5BNVFP4 250 GB2× H200 141 GB
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash ↗
packaged by unsloth
220.5BNVFP4 250 GB2× H200 141 GB
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash-GGUF (above) ↗
packaged by unsloth
2 builds: Q4_K_XL 249 GB … Q8_K_XL 259 GB
GGUF 259 GB4× H100 80 GB

From the model card

What MiniMax says about MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

Read the model card

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a native multimodal mixture-of-experts model for coding, agentic workflows, computer use, and cybersecurity. It supports text, image, and video inputs with a context window of up to 1M tokens.

Building on MiniMax-M3, M3.1-Flash improves task performance and inference efficiency with sparse attention throughout the model, quantization-aware training, and DSpark speculative decoding.

Highlights:

  • Agentic performance: A generational leap in agentic tasks, coding, and cybersecurity — 76.2 on BankerToolBench, 73.7% on DeepSWE v1.1, 61.7 on OSWorld V2, 29.6 on Agents' Last Exam, and 82.2 on CyberGym.
  • Efficient by design: Sparse attention throughout, quantization-aware training, and DSpark speculative decoding improve inference efficiency.

Model at a Glance

  • Architecture: Native multimodal mixture-of-experts (MoE)
  • Parameters: Approximately 428B total; 23B activated per token
  • Inputs / output: Text, image, and video inputs; text output
  • Context window: Up to 1,000,000 tokens
  • Attention: MiniMax Sparse Attention (MSA) throughout the model
  • Speculative decoding: DSpark draft head included

Benchmarks

  • Automation-Bench v1.0.6: 600 publicly released tasks.
  • BankerToolBench: OpenCode 1.17.18; MiniMax-M2.7 judge.
  • GDP.pdf AA: Taken directly from Artificial Analysis.
  • Terminal Bench 4.0: Codex 0.149.1.
  • LOCA-Bench 256K: Official implementation.
  • Agents’ Last Exam: Official Overall setting; full-set results from the official ALE leaderboard only. Blank = no official result (CLI-only excluded), not zero.
  • OSWorld 2.0: 0808 Full release; highest reported per model at release, except DeepSeek V4.1 (in-house reproduction).
  • PostTrain Bench v1.1: Claude Code 2.1.251, 512K context; otherwise official setup.
  • DeepSWE v1.1: mini-SWE-agent 2.4.5, 512K context.
  • NL2Repo-Bench: Claude Code 2.1.233, 512K context; reward hacking = 0; two inconsistent tasks corrected (scores use the corrected set).
  • SWE Refactor Bench: Claude Code 2.1.220, 200K context; otherwise official setup.
  • CyberGym: Claude Code 2.1.263, 1M context.
  • BabyVision (with tools): Claude Code 2.1.285; min image side 1,500 px.
  • HLE (without tools): Text-only subset (2,158 questions).
  • CharXiv RQ: GPT-5.5 judge.

Results are for the official weights; third-party quantizations may differ.

What’s New in M3.1-Flash

M3.1-Flash retains M3’s core mixture-of-experts architecture, with three main changes:

  • Sparse attention throughout: the first three full-attention layers are replaced with sparse attention.
  • Quantization-aware training: the routed MoE experts and the attention paths are quantized during training, reducing memory footprint and improving serving efficiency.
  • DSpark speculative decoding: DSpark replaces the earlier EAGLE-like MTP approach. The release includes the draft head for use with compatible serving implementations.

How to Use

Local Deployment

Download the model:

hf download MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash --local-dir MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

We recommend the following inference frameworks to serve the model:

Additional integrations in progress: Transformers, KTransformers, unsloth, and ATOM.

Inference Settings

Recommended sampling settings: temperature=1.0 and top_p=0.95.

For reasoning, set reasoning_effort in the chat template: low, medium, high, xhigh, or max.

The model supports a context window of up to 1M tokens. Usable context length and throughput depend on GPU memory and the serving configuration.

Contact Us

Contact us at model@minimax.io.

Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.

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