DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash

DeepSeek against MiniMax. Prices, scores and speed below are live.

  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs 50% less on blended price ($0.39 against $0.79 per 1M tokens, 3 input to 1 output).
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29.1 against 28.6.
  • On the 3 benchmarks both have scores on, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 leads on 2 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash on 1.
  • Both read up to 1M tokens of context.
  • MiniMax M3.1 Flash is newer: listed Oct 19, 2026, against Oct 17, 2026.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017MiniMax M3.1 Flash
LabDeepSeekMiniMax
ListedOct 17, 2026Oct 19, 2026
Input per 1M tokens$0.45$0.23
Output per 1M tokens$1.80$0.90
Cached input per 1M$0.009$0.022
Blended (3:1) per 1M$0.79$0.39
Context window1M1M
Max output393K524K
Knowledge cutoff--
Intelligence index28.629.1
Coding index--
ReasoningYesYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Tool useYesYes
Structured outputYesYes

Every benchmark both are scored on

Each model's best score per benchmark, with its source. Scores from different sources or settings are not always comparable; each links to where it was published.

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Where these figures come from

Prices are GenMagic's own, what the studio and the API charge, recomputed from each provider's price list every few minutes. The indices are the Artificial Analysis indices, and every benchmark score links to its source, re-read daily. Measured speed is GenMagic's own generation records, in aggregate. See DeepSeek models, MiniMax models, every LLM's price and our sources.