The Decoder· Matthias Bastian·· 2 h ago
MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight
MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight
AI summary
MiniMax's M3.1 Flash jumps 13 points over its predecessor to 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at half the cost. It also hits 73.7 percent on the DeepSWE v1.1 coding benchmark for under $0.30 per task, matching Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 on both performance and price.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 71Second 78
Not admittedSum of both 149 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：MiniMax新推理模型发布及评测对比
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com