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MiniMax Music 3.0
MiniMax's open-weights song model with lyrics and vocals up to five minutes; its hosted API closed to new users in August 2026.
- MiniMax
- Open weights
- Released Aug 2026
Where it ranks
- BMusic generationModels · Local · 1,000 on Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1)
Facts
- Vendor
- MiniMax
- Family
- MiniMax Music
- Released
- Aug 2026
- Weights
- Open: download and run it yourself
- License
- MiniMax-Music3 Community License
- Parameters
- 2.4B
- GPU memory to run locally
- ~24 GB (Model card: full precision fits under 24 GB; ~22 GB with CPU offload; streaming the LM layer by layer fits 8 GB GPUs (slower). 2.43B parameters per HF safetensors metadata.)
- Access
- Free (open weights)
- Last verified
- 19 Oct 2026
Price from platform.minimax.io, 19 Oct 2026.
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Result | Entry on the leaderboard | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1) | 1,000 | MiniMax Music 3.0Board anchor, fixed at 1000 (no CI); 2,269 samples | 18 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
| Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1) | 1,000 | MiniMax Music 3.0Board anchor, fixed at 1000 (no CI); 2,692 samples | 18 Oct 2026 | artificialanalysis.ai |
Where you can use it
- Baudio.cppRuntimes & APIs · Local
- BComfyUIWorkflow platforms · Local
- STuneeApps · Cloud
- BWanGP (Wan2GP)Apps · Local
Earlier versions
- MiniMax Music 2.6 · —
- MiniMax Music 2.5+ · —
- MiniMax Music 2.5 · —
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Sources
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3/blob/main/LICENSE
- https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing
- https://artificialanalysis.ai/music/leaderboard/vocals
- https://artificialanalysis.ai/music/leaderboard/instrumental
- https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/models-intro
- https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo