Head-to-head comparison across 2benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max)
75
MiniMax M3
76
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) #17 · MiniMax M3 #12
Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+8.6 difference
Coding
+6.7 difference
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max)
MiniMax M3
$0.14 / $0.28
$0.3 / $1.2
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Pick MiniMax M3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
MiniMax M3 finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 76 to 75. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.
MiniMax M3's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 71.9 against 63.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BrowseComp, 73.2% to 83.5%. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
MiniMax M3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.14 input / $0.28 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max). That is roughly 4.3x on output cost alone. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) is the reasoning model in the pair, while MiniMax M3 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.
MiniMax M3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 76 to 75. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BrowseComp, where the scores are 73.2% and 83.5%.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 67. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
MiniMax M3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.9 versus 63.3. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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