head-to-head
MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-20.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) | DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | ~deepseek |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | Free | $0.05/M |
| Output Price | Free | $0.02/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 524,288 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) costs $0 and DeepSeek Flash Latest costs $0.056, so MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) is free for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,573 pages.
Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) offers video input.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) was released in October 2026 and DeepSeek Flash Latest in September 2026.
Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) if you need lower cost or video input.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
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