DeepSeek R1 vs MiniMax M1
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against MiniMax M1 by MiniMax, in 2 community votes, minimax m1 wins 100% of head-to-head duels, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1Winner
DeepSeek R1Runner-up
Pick MiniMax M1. In 2 blind votes, MiniMax M1 wins 100% of the time. That's not luck.
Clear winner
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
DeepSeek R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
1.8× cheaper
Output
$1.65
1.3× cheaper
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 1.3× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
70%
DeepSeek R1 uses 8.7x more transitions
DeepSeek R1
MiniMax M1
62%Vocabulary53%
15wSentence Length17w
0.52Hedging0.51
8.0Bold7.4
5.7Lists6.2
0.04Emoji0.10
0.62Headings0.86
0.28Transitions0.03
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