Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Flash vs MiniMax-M3

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 32 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek

53.6

Rank #35 Confirmed

MiniMax-M3

MiniMax

43.8

Rank #85 Confirmed

Summary

They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher in 4 categories and MiniMax-M3 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Flash leads 53.7 to 30.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 56% for DeepSeek V4 Flash and 18% for MiniMax-M3.
DeepSeek V4 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 Flash and MiniMax-M3 specifications
	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
Provider	DeepSeek	MiniMax
Noometry Index	53.6	43.8
Released	2026-04-24	2026-06-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1M	1M
Max output	393K	512K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.60	$1.20
Results tracked	41	41

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 47.9 (#59), MiniMax-M3: 41.8 (#118)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
FrontierCode	18.8%	14.7%
LMArena WebDev	1582	1482
SciCode	49.9%	47.1%
LMArena Coding	1457	1469
ALE-Bench	1,306	640.02
WeirdML	63%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, MiniMax-M3: 22.6 (#130)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
APEX-Agents	—	37.7%
OSWorld 2.0	—	4.6%
GBAEval	—	0.9%
Vending-Bench 2	—	2,158

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.7 (#30), MiniMax-M3: 30.1 (#87)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
SimpleBench	61.1%	45.8%
NYT Connections (extended)	89.6%	65.1%
CritPt	16.6%	3.7%
Chess Puzzles	33%	14%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1444	1447
Mystery Game Puzzles	34%	8%
DTBench	90.9%	78.9%
LMCA	41.7%	33.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index	154.49	146.95
ARC-AGI-2	61.4%	—
Kagi LLM Benchmark	52.2%	—
ARC-AGI-1	89%	—
Surface Evolver Bench	—	55%
ForecastBench	—	61.4

Math DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 60.3 (#37), MiniMax-M3: 40.0 (#95)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	94.4%	71.1%
ProofBench	56%	18%
LMArena Math	1427	1429
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	57.5%	—
FrontierMath Tier 4	24.4%	—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	76.5%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M3 leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 55.4 (#48), MiniMax-M3: 58.4 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
GPQA Diamond	91%	90.9%
LMArena Expert	1441	1461
SimpleQA Verified	33.6%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Flash: —, MiniMax-M3: 40.2 (#51)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Vision	—	1253
LMArena Document	—	1435

Multilingual Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 53.0 (#72), MiniMax-M3: 53.0 (#75)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Non-English	1420	1420
LMArena Chinese	1468	1463
LMArena French	1439	1447
LMArena German	1418	1426
LMArena Japanese	1406	1381
LMArena Korean	1384	1372
LMArena Russian	1428	1428
LMArena Spanish	1436	1432

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 74.9 (#81), MiniMax-M3: 75.5 (#62)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Instruction Following	1421	1433

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 43.8 (#85), MiniMax-M3: 44.2 (#72)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Longer Query	1434	1445

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Flash leads

DeepSeek V4 Flash: 63.8 (#61), MiniMax-M3: 62.1 (#83)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	DeepSeek V4 Flash	MiniMax-M3
LMArena Text	1432	1433
LMArena Creative Writing	1403	1404
LMArena Multi-Turn	1449	1442
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1559	—
EQ-Bench 4	—	1150

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Flash better than MiniMax-M3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.6 to 43.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek V4 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 Flash or MiniMax-M3 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

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

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