DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 takes 2 of 5 rounds against MiniMax-M3.1-Flash. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.05 per million tokens against $0.26.
DeepSeekWins 2 roundsDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
1M context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
$0.05/M tokensCheapest price, at Engy · 2.9¢ per 1,000 pages
MiniMaxMiniMax-M3.1-Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.26/M tokensMiniMax's own price · $0.13 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.15/M
$0.15/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$0.60/M
$0.60/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.05/M at Engy
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$0.26/M
$0.26/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
2.9¢
$0.13
Context
1M tokens
1M tokens
Open weights
yes
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
yes
no
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
17 Oct 2026
19 Oct 2026
Providers selling it
93
14
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 10
TrustedRouter$0.05 / $0.28
Requesty$0.15 / $0.26
LLMTR$0.21 / $0.26
NanoGPT$0.23 / $0.26
LLM Gateway$0.24 / $0.26
Merge Gateway$0.26 / $0.26- Ollama Cloud$0.26 / $0.26
ZenMux$0.26 / $0.26
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, then MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 10.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 or MiniMax-M3.1-Flash?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, at $0.05 per million tokens against $0.26 for MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 21 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: $0.05 at Engy. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: nobody sells it below the maker's own price with a stated reason, so $0.26 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 10 providers sell both: TrustedRouter, Requesty, LLMTR, NanoGPT, LLM Gateway, Merge Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is TrustedRouter.
- Which holds more context?
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, at 1M tokens against 1M.
Prices exclude tax, read 21 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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