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Data verified: Nov 5, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Data verified: Nov 5, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC · Prices sourced from official provider pages. Verify current rates before production use.
Price, context and performance head to head. Data synced from the provider catalog.
Cheaper
MiniMax M2.5
Larger context
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
Faster
Tied
Higher quality
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
| Feature | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | MiniMax |
| Tier | Budget | Budget |
| Input per 1M tokens | $0.3 | $0.27 |
| Output per 1M tokens | $1.2 | $0.95 |
| Cached input per 1M | $0.006 | $0.03 |
| Context window | 1.0M | 204.8K |
| Intelligence index | 29/100 | — |
| Coding index | — | — |
| Agentic index | — | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 0.90 | 0.81 |
| Tau-bench (airline) | 0.72 | 0.66 |
| Speed | Fast | Fast |
| Vision (image input) | Yes | No |
| Function calling | Yes | Yes |
| Batch API | No | No |
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MiniMax M2.5 saves $0.84/mo vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017
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