DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: API price and specs
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 60% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on input price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 67% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on output price.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 63% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
| Field | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.045 | $0.11 +150% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.30 +100% | $0.15 |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.15 | $0.45 +200% |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.20 +100% | $0.60 |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.075 | $0.20 +170% |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 1M +0.1% | 1M |
| Providers | 60 | 34 +43.3% |
| Regions | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | application/pdf, file, image, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text | audio, file, image, text, video |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | yes | yes |
| Cheapest provider | openrouter | empiriolabs |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, cortecs, digitalocean, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, fireworks-ai, huggingface, impossibl, inco, kenari, kilo, meganova, moark, nebius, novita, nvidia, ollama, ollama-cloud, opencode, openrouter, requesty, tensorx, togetherai, trustedrouter, vercel, wafer.ai, zenmux
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 60% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on input price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 67% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on output price. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is 63% cheaper than MiniMax-M3.1-Flash on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 1M tokens; MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?
302ai, abacus, aihubmix, aiml, cometapi, cortecs, digitalocean, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, fireworks-ai, huggingface, impossibl, inco, kenari, kilo, meganova, moark, nebius, novita, nvidia, ollama, ollama-cloud, opencode, openrouter, requesty, tensorx, togetherai, trustedrouter, vercel, wafer.ai, zenmux