Particle AI: Particle-1 vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-11-02.
| Particle AI: Particle-1 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | particle-ai | minimax |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.05/M | $0.15/M |
| Output Price | $0.50/M | $0.60/M |
| Context Window | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 131,072 | 524,288 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Particle-1 costs $0.17 and MiniMax M3.1 Flash costs $0.30, so Particle-1 is about 1.7 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 5 tasks where they differ, Particle-1 scores higher on 5 (Code Completion, Code Documentation, Regex Writing and others).
Pick Particle-1 if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores; pick MiniMax M3.1 Flash if you need video input.
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 | Particle AI: Particle-1 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Code Completion | 131 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 131 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 119 | 119 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 131 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 123 | 123 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →