DeepSeek R1 vs MiniMax M3
Compare DeepSeek R1 by DeepSeek against MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
DeepSeek R1
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 R1
Input
$0.55
Output
$2.19
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
1.8× cheaper
Output
$1.20
1.8× cheaper
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 1.8× input, 1.8× output
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Style Comparison
Similarity
35%
MiniMax M3 uses 26.6x more emoji
DeepSeek R1
MiniMax M3
62%Vocabulary55%
15wSentence Length24w
0.52Hedging0.52
8.0Bold5.2
5.7Lists3.0
0.04Emoji1.15
0.62Headings1.21
0.28Transitions0.02
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