minimax m3.1 flash looks great, until you put it next to deepseek v4.1 flash 1017
deepseek is cheaper. 0.058 vs 0.15 per million input tokens, and cache is 5x cheaper too
it also wins at coding on minimax's own chart.
77 vs 73.7 on deepswe and deepseek weights are already out, minimax drops theirs oct 23
nice launch, but deepseek still wins this one