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# “MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Space Performance + Bunny Speed 🚀🐰 Yes, Space Bunny - which has…”

MiniMax (official) (@MiniMax_AI), X, 2026-10-19.
Source: https://x.com/MiniMax_AI/status/2112150867868541221

## Archived text

> MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Space Performance + Bunny Speed
> 
> 🚀🐰 Yes, Space Bunny  - which has topped global leaderboards with 200T+ tokens - was an earlier version of M3.1 Flash.
> 
> 💰Redefining the performance economics of agentic AI. M3.1 Flash achieves frontier-level intelligence across key tasks such as Cowork (Automation-Bench: 62%; ALE: 30%), Coding (DeepSWE: 74%) and Visual Reasoning (BabyVision: 91%), at 1/3 the cost of M3 and 3x the speed.
> 
> API pricing (flat rate): $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M input/output tokens, with cache reads at $0.015 / 1M tokens.
> 
> Model weights will arrive on Oct 23.
> 
> API: http://platform.minimax.io
> M Plan: https://www.minimax.io/m-plan
> MiniMax Code for desktop: https://agent.minimax.io/download

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-19: [MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash, revealed as OpenRouter's stealth 'Space Bunny'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-19-minimax-m3-1-flash/)
- Model: [MiniMax-M3.1-Flash](https://postcutoff.com/m/minimax-m3-1-flash/)
- Coming up: [MiniMax to publish open weights for M3.1 Flash](https://postcutoff.com/upcoming/#2026-10-23-minimax-m3-1-flash-weights)