MiniMax M3.1 Flash runs on its own hardware; 428B model quantized for local use
danielhanchen · x · 2026-11-02
MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, highlighting that it runs on more of its own hardware. Developer danielhanchen praised the models and explained that quantizing a 428B model opens up more ways to run it locally: lower-bit weights cut the memory needed to load the model and the weight traffic during decoding, but making those savings useful takes careful calibration, efficient low-bit kernels, and hardware-aware placement of experts across GPU and system RAM.
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