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Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs MiniMax M1

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 26.9.
  • DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
ProviderDeepSeekMiniMax
Noometry Index53.640.3
Released2026-04-242025-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output393K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$0.60$2.20
Results tracked4118

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14571359
FrontierCode18.8%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode49.9%—
WeirdML63%—
ALE-Bench1,306—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14441339
ARC-AGI-261.4%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)89.6%—
ARC-AGI-189%—
CritPt16.6%—
Chess Puzzles33%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.49—

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Math14271361
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)57.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 424.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.4%—
ProofBench56%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert14411317
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified33.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14201319
LMArena Chinese14681360
LMArena French14391370
LMArena German14181350
LMArena Japanese14061217
LMArena Korean13841266
LMArena Russian14281329
LMArena Spanish14361353

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14211312

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14341326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14321343
LMArena Creative Writing14031298
LMArena Multi-Turn14491335
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than MiniMax M1?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M1?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Flash and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Flash has 41 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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