# DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v4-flash-0731-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 leads overall 57 to 54.86.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 79.1 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 82.7% and 66.0%.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 54.86 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 42 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.14 / $0.28 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.9 (Supported · #45/105)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 73.2% | 83.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| HLE w/ tools | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 69% | 74.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| Toolathlon | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 66.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| CyberGym | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 70.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 25.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 25.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.0% | 53.6% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 19.8% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.2 (Supported · #59/135)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench Pass@1-COT | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 3052.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79% | 80.5% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.6% | 59% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 66.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| NL2Repo | 54.2% | 42.1% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| DeepSWE | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DSBench-FullStack | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DSBench-Hard | 59.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 53.8% | 48.4% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.3% | 82.2% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 88.8% | 75.0% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |
| VIBE V2 | Coming soon | 50.1% | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 57 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR 1M | 78.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CorpusQA 1M | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#36/50)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #59/158)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleQA | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chinese-SimpleQA | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.9% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.2% | 84.2% | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 public-lane score: 79.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 94.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 33.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex Shortlist | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 or MiniMax M3?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 57 for DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 and 79.1 for MiniMax M3.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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