MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-23.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | minimax | ~deepseek |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 71.3 | - |
| Input Price | $0.15/M | $0.07/M |
| Output Price | $0.60/M | $0.50/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 524,288 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 70.5 | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, DeepSeek Flash Latest costs $0.20 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs $0.30, so DeepSeek Flash Latest is about 1.5 times cheaper for the same work.
Both read up to 1,048,576 tokens at once, roughly 1,573 pages of text.
Only MiniMax M3.1 Flash offers video input.
Across the 19 tasks where they differ, MiniMax M3.1 Flash scores higher on 18 (SQL Generation, Code Review, Code Completion and others), DeepSeek Flash Latest on 1 (JSON Extraction).
MiniMax M3.1 Flash was released in October 2026 and DeepSeek Flash Latest in September 2026.
Pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash if you need video input or the stronger all-round task scores; pick DeepSeek Flash Latest if you need lower cost.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latest |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 142 | 133 |
| Code Review | 145 | 132 |
| Code Completion | 133 | 131 |
| Code Refactoring | 147 | 136 |
| Bug Fixing | 149 | 136 |
| Unit Test Generation | 132 | 124 |
| Code Documentation | 138 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 126 | 119 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 128 | 120 |
| Frontend Component Design | 130 | 122 |
| Data Analysis | 134 | 124 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 136 | 133 |
| ETL Scripting | 137 | 128 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 134 | 131 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 134 | 131 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 149 | 137 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 127 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 130 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →