DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max) vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max) by DeepSeek or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash by MiniMax? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Clear winner

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 36.00
Total cost: $1122

MiniMaxMiniMax-M3.1-FlashOff the frontier

Intelligence: 42.70
Total cost: $283

Verdict

Pick MiniMax-M3.1-Flash

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max): 18.6% more intelligence, 74.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 8.1% faster end-to-end.

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max)	MiniMax-M3.1-Flash	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	36.0	42.7	+18.6% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 18.6% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,122.27	$283.18	−74.8% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 74.8% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	25.92s	23.83s	−8.1% MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is 8.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.32 / $3.96	$0.15 / $0.60
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

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