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MiniMax M3 vs Wan 3.0 Prime (Text To Video)

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Wan 3.0 Prime (Text To Video)
alibaba/wan-3.0-prime
Provider
MiniMax
Alibaba
Family
MiniMax M
Modality
text
video
Context window
1,000,000 tok
Max output
4,096 tok
Released
2026-06-01
2026-09-01
License
Open-weight
Open-weight
Input price
$0.300 /1M
Output price
$1.20 /1M
Per output second
$0.050 /sec
Tools
Streaming
yes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
Batch API
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MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Full spec →

MiniMax's M3 language model with frontier coding and agentic capabilities, a 1M token context window, and multilingual support.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Wan 3.0 Prime (Text To Video)
alibaba/wan-3.0-prime
Full spec →

Wan 3.0 Prime Text-to-Video transforms written prompts into polished videos with accelerated generation, fluid motion, strong scene fidelity, and coherent visual storytelling. Built for fast creative iteration, it brings complex ideas to life while preserving visual detail and cinematic consistency throughout each shot.

Strengths
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Cinematic motion
Use cases
AdsStoryboardsDemos

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# MiniMax M3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Wan 3.0 Prime (Text To Video)
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="alibaba/wan-3.0-prime",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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