DeepSeek V3.1 vs MiniMax M3
Compare DeepSeek V3.1 by DeepSeek against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 164K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek V3.1
MiniMax M3
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek V3.1
Input
$0.20
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.80
1.5× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
DeepSeek V3.1 is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 1.5× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
MiniMax M3 uses 48.9x more emoji
DeepSeek V3.1
MiniMax M3
53%Vocabulary55%
14wSentence Length24w
0.42Hedging0.52
4.0Bold5.2
3.6Lists3.0
0.02Emoji1.15
0.40Headings1.21
0.22Transitions0.02
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