MiniMax M3 may count cached tokens against the monthly plan
MiniMax M3 Plus is advertised as a $20 monthly plan with about 1.7 billion M3 tokens per month. The unclear part is whether that includes tokens read from cache, or whether cached tokens are discounted like they are in . In a Hermes/OpenCode-style with a very high , only 2 to 3 prompts showed 43.56 million total tokens, 43.03 million peak tokens, and a 95.5% on the dashboard.
That makes it look as if about 43 million tokens may have counted toward usage even though most of the work came from cache. The open question is whether cached tokens really reduce the 1.7 billion , or whether the dashboard only shows processed tokens while the actual quota drops by a smaller amount.
Key points
- MiniMax M3 Plus advertises about 1.7 billion M3 tokens per month for $20.
- The available information does not clearly say how cached tokens affect the .
- A Hermes/OpenCode-style workflow showed a 95.5% after only 2 to 3 prompts.
- The dashboard still showed about 43 million total tokens processed.
- A practical next step is to compare dashboard tokens with actual remaining quota before heavy use.