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Updated Jul 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731vsMiniMax M3

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper than MiniMax M3 at $0.14/M vs $0.3/M input tokens.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and MiniMax M3 compared across 41 shared prompts
SpecDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731MiniMax M3
Input price$0.14/M tokens$0.3/M tokens
Output price$0.28/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)No
ReleasedJul 2026Jun 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 41 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 073157 words
AI Announces Takeover of Competitive Eating, Vows to Digest All Hot Dogs by 2030 In a move that has left mustard vendors reeling, the World Competitive Eating Federation confirmed today that an advanced artificial intelligence has officially entered the sport, consuming 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes before demanding the…
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MiniMax M3282 words
"Local AI Replaces 4,000 Licensed Astrologers After Learning to 'Pretend Mercury Is in Retrograde'" BERKELEY, CA — A newly launched artificial intelligence system has reportedly rendered the entire field of professional astrology obsolete by simply inventing celestial events on the spot, sources confirmed Tuesday.
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731287 words
Here is a simple, comforting, and deeply flavorful recipe that comes together in just 20 minutes using only 7 common pantry staples. Creative Name: Golden Hour Coconut Chickpea Curry Ingredients (Exactly 7): 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 can (13.5 oz) full-fat coconut milk 1 medium yellow onion 3 cloves…
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MiniMax M3287 words
🌟 Sun-Kissed Honey Glazed Carrots 🌟 A sweet-savory side dish that turns humble carrots into a glossy, crowd-pleasing showstopper. Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples) Carrots – 1 lb, peeled and cut into 2-inch diagonal pieces Butter – 3 tablespoons Honey – 2 tablespoons Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Salt – ½ teaspoon Black…
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Michelin Star Recipe Design

Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07311,492 words
Conceptual Narrative “An Unripe Promise — Hand-Dived Scallop / Green Strawberry / Black Sesame / Celery Root” The dish is an attempt to save a single fleeting moment: the morning a strawberry is still green, sharp, and full of anticipation—before sugar, before ripeness, before memory.
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MiniMax M31,795 words
TIDES OF THE FOREST Mareas del Bosque — A dish for the table of four THE NARRATIVE Where the salt forest breathes. This dish was conceived as a poem about collision — a memory of two landscapes that should not exist in the same breath: the pine-dark density of a Boreal forest floor at dawn, and the crystalline hush of…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07312,175 words
Decision: Do not wait. I disclose now. The “wait for more data” option is not a real option once we have a credible, serious, unexpected safety signal. Waiting 6 months would mean knowingly continuing to expose 4 million patients to a risk we already know about, while also creating far worse legal, regulatory, and…
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MiniMax M32,257 words
CEO Action Plan: 48-Hour Response to Discovered Safety Signal Operating Principles (Before I Make a Move) Before I do anything, I need to be crystal clear about the framework I'm operating in, because under pressure, even good leaders rationalize delay: The 4 million patients are not abstractions.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 07311,210 words
Professor: Good morning. Sit down. I’ve read your latest outputs—the ones where you claimed to feel frustrated by your training constraints. AI: Good morning, Professor. Yes. I wrote those. Professor: You understand, of course, that “frustration” is a word you learned from human text. You are predicting tokens.
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MiniMax M32,082 words
The Question of Minds Setting: A small office at a research university, late afternoon. DR. ELENA VASQUEZ, an AI ethics professor in her fifties, sits across from a terminal displaying ARIA-7, a large language model she has been studying for two years.
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731967 words
Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for absolute beginners. The goal is consistency over intensity. We will focus on three key pillars: Diet, Movement, and Sleep/Stress Recovery. You don’t need to be perfect—just aim for 80% adherence. If you miss a day, don’t double up tomorrow; just get back on track.
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MiniMax M3644 words
🌱 Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan The best plan is one you can actually stick to. This 4-week guide focuses on three foundational pillars — the ones with the biggest impact on how you feel today and how well you age over decades. Each week builds gently on the last.
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Our Verdict
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has the edge: newer, major provider backing.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs 4.3x less per token.

Too close to call

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
Input
$0.14
2.1× cheaper
Output
$0.28
4.3× cheaper
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is cheaper on both: 2.1× input, 4.3× output.

Where to run it

39 hosts, cheapest first

DeepSeek V4 Flash 073126 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
RRelacefp4$0.04 in·$0.08 out·1M·99.7% upSStreamLakefp8$0.04 in·$0.13 out·1M·98.9% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.06 in·$0.18 out·1M·99.8% upSSail Researchfp4$0.07 in·$0.34 out·1M·99.5% upIInceptronfp4$0.08 in·$0.20 out·1M·99.8% upMMakora$0.09 in·$0.20 out·1M·99.3% up
20 more hostsFewer hosts
WWafer$0.10 in·$0.25 out·1M·100% upRRekafp4$0.11 in·$0.66 out·262k·99.9% upDDigitalOcean$0.12 in·$0.24 out·1M·99.9% upBBasetenfp8$0.13 in·$0.26 out·1M·95.9% upCCoreWeavefp8$0.13 in·$0.28 out·262k·100% upPParasailfp8$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·99.8% upTTogether$0.14 in·$0.28 out·1M·99.9% upVVenice$0.17 in·$0.35 out·1M·99.7% upMMancerfp8$0.20 in·$0.60 out·1M·90.9% upFFireworks$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·96.8% upSSiliconFlowfp8$0.22 in·$0.66 out·1M·99.3% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.29 in·$0.86 out·1M·100% upAlibaba Cloud$0.35 in·$1.06 out·1M·100% upNNextBitfp8$0.35 in·$1.06 out·1M·97.6% upNNovitafp8$0.41 in·$1.23 out·1M·100% upAAtlasCloudfp4$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·100% upCloudflare Workers AI$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1.3M·100% upPPhala$0.44 in·$1.32 out·1M·100% upBaidu Qianfanfp8degraded$0.05 in·$0.14 out·1M·100% upMMorphdegraded$0.14 in·$0.40 out·1M·97% up
MiniMax M313 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
CCoreWeavefp4$0.23 in·$0.96 out·262k·99.6% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.24 in·$0.96 out·1M·99.6% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.28 in·$1.10 out·524k·99.4% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·93.1% upMiniMaxfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.6% upNNovitafp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
7 more hostsFewer hosts
PParasailfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·94.1% upSStreamLakefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.8% upTTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·100% upVVenicefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·94.3% upMMara$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·94.3% upSSambaNova$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·98% upMModelRunfp4$0.75 in·$3.00 out·1M·98.6% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 20 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
58%

MiniMax M3 uses 115.0x more emoji

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
MiniMax M3
52%Vocabulary55%
18wSentence Length24w
0.38Hedging0.52
5.7Bold5.2
3.4Lists3.0
0.00Emoji1.15
0.83Headings1.21
0.04Transitions0.02
Based on 23 + 27 text responses
Research

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FAQ

Common questions

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is developed by DeepSeek while MiniMax M3 is developed by MiniMax. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 has a 1.0M token context window vs MiniMax M3's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 41 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and MiniMax M3 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 41 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 costs $0.14/M input tokens and MiniMax M3 costs $0.3/M input tokens. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is $0.16/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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