MiniMax · Music · 11B parameters
MiniMax Music3
Needs 14 GB at FP8 / INT8. The smallest real configuration today is 1× T4 at Vast.ai, $0.04 per hour, about $29 a month at 730 hours.
Parameters11Bdense
CategoryMusicsized on weights + headroom
Checkpoint47 GBFP32, as published
Licensenot announcedcheck before commercial use
ReleasedAug 7, 2026documented date
Smallest configuration · FP8 / INT8
1× T416 GB VRAM · 83% used
- Per hour
- $0.04
- Per month
- $29
- Cheapest at
Vast.ai
What is documented about MiniMax Music3
news checked 2026-10-27Some listings give 2.43B; the model card describes about 11B parameters and the repo weights total 57.3 GB (read 2026-10-27).
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3
- https://huggingface.co/api/models/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3?blobs=true
- https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3/raw/main/LICENSE
Memory · 3 precisionsHow much VRAM it needs
Weights plus 20% runtime overhead. For music models, activations also depend on resolution, clip length and batch size; the per-GPU estimates below give the practical configuration.
| Precision | Weights | Weights + headroom |
|---|---|---|
| FP32published checkpoint | 47 GB | 57 GB |
| FP8 / INT8estimated | 11 GB | 14 GB |
| INT4 / MXFP4estimated | 7 GB | 8 GB |
Cross-checked on Hugging Face Oct 28, 2026: 2.43B parameters in the safetensors headers, 47.0 GB of weight files. Method: weights as published at the native precision, verified on Hugging Face 2026-10-28; other precisions estimated at 1 (8-bit) and 0.6 (4-bit) bytes per parameter; × 1.2 runtime headroom; KV cache not added (architecture not readable).
Smallest configuration per GPU · 110 GPUs · cheapest eligible on-demand offer per GPU count, every provider on fileWhat it costs to run, GPU by GPU
The fewest GPUs of one type whose total memory fits the model at short context, priced from the cheapest eligible on-demand offer for exactly that count (45-day window, newest reading per provider), with the next providers beside it. Monthly = 730 hours.
| GPU | Smallest config | VRAM used | $ / hour | $ / month | Cheapest at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T4Best fit | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.04 | $29 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also iwinv $0.20, Theta EdgeCloud $0.20 |
| Tesla P40 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.04 | $30 |  Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also gcube $0.07, Vast.ai $0.11 |
| Tesla P100 | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.04 | $33 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also gcube $0.07 |
| RTX A4000 | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.06 | $46 | Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Vast.ai $0.07, Edgevana $0.10 |
| Tesla V100 16GB | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.06 | $46 | Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Vast.ai $0.08, CloudRift $0.28 |
| RTX A2000 | 2× 12 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.07 | $50 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Edgevana $0.12 |
| RTX 3060 | 2× 12 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.07 | $50 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Clore.ai $0.10, Edgevana $0.12 |
| Tesla V100 32GB | 1× 32 GB32 GB total | 41% | $0.07 | $50 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Cyfuture AI $0.57, E2E Networks $1.50 |
| RTX PRO 2000 | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.07 | $51 | Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also gcube $0.16 |
| Tesla M40 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.07 | $54 | Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also gcube $0.07 |
| Titan Xp | 2× 12 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.08 | $60 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| RTX 5060 Ti | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.09 | $64 | Clore.aiTrust 46 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Vast.ai $0.09, Theta EdgeCloud $0.12 |
| RTX 3090 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.09 | $66 | Akash NetworkTrust 53 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Vast.ai $0.10, Clore.ai $0.11 |
| GTX 1070 | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.10 | $70 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| GTX 1070 Ti | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.10 | $76 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| L4 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.10 | $76 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Hikube $0.27, Infomaniak $0.28 |
| GTX 1080 | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.11 | $79 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| RTX 2070 | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.11 | $79 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Edgevana $0.14 |
| Quadro P2000 | 4× 5 GB20 GB total | 66% | $0.11 | $80 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| RTX 3060 Ti | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.11 | $81 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt · also Clore.ai $0.12, AtmosCompute $0.34 |
| RTX A4500 | 1× 20 GB20 GB total | 66% | $0.11 | $82 | |
| RTX A5000 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 55% | $0.12 | $87 | |
| RTX 2070 Super | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.12 | $89 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| RTX 4060 | 2× 8 GB16 GB total | 83% | $0.12 | $89 | Vast.aiTrust 78 · read Nov 1 · receipt |
| The 24 cheapest of 98 GPU types that fit. Every GPU, any precision and context, in the finder | |||||
Throughput estimates · Oct 4, 2026Estimated speed, in s per 3-min track
Music. Speed estimated from memory bandwidth and model size, never measured. The cost per 1,000 tracks is an estimate at the prices read on Oct 4, 2026; it is not recomputed here.
| GPU | Cards | Precision | s per 3-min track | per 1,000 tracks · estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 1 | BF16 | 12.4 | $0.795 |
| RTX 5090 | 1 | BF16 | 9.5 | $1.27 |
| L40S | 1 | BF16 | 12.1 | $1.85 |
| MI300X | 1 | BF16 | 4.6 | $2.09 |
| H100 PCIe | 1 | BF16 | 6.3 | $2.37 |
| H100 SXM | 1 | BF16 | 4.8 | $2.46 |
| RTX PRO 6000 | 1 | BF16 | 8.4 | $2.69 |
| B200 | 1 | BF16 | 2.4 | $2.72 |
| A100 80GB | 1 | BF16 | 11.2 | $2.96 |
| H200 | 1 | BF16 | 4.5 | $3.09 |
cards, precision and speed estimated from memory bandwidth and model size; cost recomputed by the site from verified prices · cheapest per output at the prices of Oct 4, 2026: RTX 4090Why estimates, and their limits →
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