Model provider cost

Host MiniMax M3 on RunPod

MiniMax M3 needs 8x 80GB+ GPUs, and RunPod's current cheapest qualifying row is A100 PCIE at $11.12/hr.

8x 80GB+ GPUs 427B params Multimodal contender MiniMax Community (commercial notice / authorization conditions)
Cheapest on this provider
$11.12/hr
A100 PCIE
Monthly estimate
$8,118/mo
730 hours at the current median
VRAM baseline
80GB
8x 80GB+ GPUs
Qualifying rows
8
Updated Jul 27, 2026

RunPod rows that can host MiniMax M3

The cheapest tracked way to host MiniMax M3 on RunPod is A100 PCIE at $11.12/hr. The overall tracked market floor is $8.02/hr on Vast.ai, so RunPod is $3.10/hr above the current floor.

Price source RunPod GraphQL API Provider API pricing; availability and spot/community rows can move quickly.
GPU VRAM Per GPU Estimated hourly Estimated monthly Offers Updated
A100 PCIE 80GB $1.39/hr $11.12/hr $8,118/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
A100 SXM4 80GB $1.49/hr $11.92/hr $8,702/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
MI300X 192GB $2.39/hr $19.12/hr $13,958/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
H100 PCIE 80GB $2.89/hr $23.12/hr $16,878/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
H100 SXM 80GB $2.99/hr $23.92/hr $17,462/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
H100 NVL 94GB $3.19/hr $25.52/hr $18,630/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
H200 NVL 141GB $3.79/hr $30.32/hr $22,134/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate
H200 141GB $4.39/hr $35.12/hr $25,638/mo 1 Jul 27, 2026
RunPod GraphQL API 1 offer · Jul 27, 2026 global aggregate

Why this setup does or does not fit

VRAM floor

8x 80GB+ GPUs

8x 80GB GPUs; review the commercial notice and authorization terms. Long prompts, batching, and KV cache can require extra headroom.

Model quality

Multimodal contender

A very current agentic contender with native text, image, and video work plus 1M context—and material licensing conditions.

Operational note

MiniMax 427B

MiniMax reports major long-context speedups from sparse attention, but the full 427B expert pool still makes this a cluster deployment.

MiniMax M3 on RunPod FAQ

Can I host MiniMax M3 on RunPod?

The cheapest tracked way to host MiniMax M3 on RunPod is A100 PCIE at $11.12/hr.

What GPU memory does MiniMax M3 need?

Our baseline for MiniMax M3 is 8x 80GB+ GPUs. The practical recommendation is 8x 80GB GPUs; review the commercial notice and authorization terms.

Is RunPod the cheapest provider for MiniMax M3?

The overall tracked market floor is $8.02/hr on Vast.ai, so RunPod is $3.10/hr above the current floor.

How fresh is this RunPod MiniMax M3 cost page?

This page recalculates from the latest tracked on-demand rows. The freshest qualifying RunPod row shown here is from Jul 27, 2026.

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