AI brief
MiniMax's M3.1 Flash scored 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13 points above its predecessor, at half the cost. It also reached 73.7 percent on the DeepSWE v1.1 coding benchmark for under $0.30 per task, matching Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 on both.
Why it matters: A model matching a competitor's benchmark scores at a lower price points to continued price competition among Chinese AI models.
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“MiniMax's M3.1 Flash jumps 13 points over its predecessor to 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at half the cost.”
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