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Model comparison

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs MiniMax-M3

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek

52.8

Rank #38 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3 MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads 66.7 to 40.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 54% for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 18% for MiniMax-M3.
  • DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M3.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
ProviderDeepSeekMiniMax
Noometry Index52.843.8
Released2026-09-092026-06-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output393K512K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$1.20
Results tracked3741

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 52.9 (#32), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena WebDev16191482
SciCode51.9%47.1%
LMArena Coding15061469
ALE-Bench1,092640.02
FrontierCode—14.7%

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 31.2 (#69), MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents39.5%37.7%
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf19.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—2,158

Reasoning DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 50.2 (#36), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%65.1%
CritPt14.3%3.7%
LMArena Hard Prompts14831447
Mystery Game Puzzles43%8%
DTBench89.9%78.9%
LMCA47%33.7%
Surface Evolver Bench46.3%55%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.9146.95
SimpleBench—45.8%
Chess Puzzles—14%
ForecastBench—61.4

Math DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 66.7 (#25), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%71.1%
ProofBench54%18%
LMArena Math14771429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)67.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—

Knowledge Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 57.9 (#38), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond89.8%90.9%
LMArena Expert15061461

Multimodal MiniMax-M3 leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 39.1 (#61), MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision12771253
Furniture Assembly34.2%—
LMArena Document—1435

Multilingual DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 55.0 (#35), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English14481420
LMArena Chinese14971463
LMArena French14521447
LMArena German14841426
LMArena Japanese14121381
LMArena Korean14521372
LMArena Russian14711428
LMArena Spanish14591432

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 77.3 (#26), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following14741433

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 45.2 (#47), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query14751445

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4.1 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 65.4 (#48), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4.1 FlashMiniMax-M3
LMArena Text14621433
LMArena Creative Writing14351404
LMArena Multi-Turn14571442
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1540—
EQ-Bench 4—1150

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than MiniMax-M3?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.8 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M3 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.9 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniMax-M3 share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash has 37 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M3 has 41.

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