MiniMax-M3.1-Flash Debuts at #12 Among Open Models in Code Arena
A one-third cost cut plus a 3x speed gain while climbing 106 points on the WebDev leaderboard makes M3.1-Flash one of the most price-competitive coding models available via API right now. Developers building agentic coding or automation workflows can compare it directly against pricier frontier options at the flat US$0.15/US$0.60 rate, and open weights landing on 23 Oct will enable self-hosting.
MiniMax released MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, which debuts at #12 among open models in Code Arena: WebDev with 1588 points (#32 overall), a 106-point jump from MiniMax-M3's 1482 points. The model scored 62% on Automation-Bench, 30% on ALE, 74% on DeepSWE and 91% on BabyVision. API pricing is US$0.15 per 1M input tokens and US$0.60 per 1M output tokens, 50% cheaper than MiniMax-M3, with cache reads at US$0.015 per 1M tokens. Model weights will be released on 23 Oct, and the release lifts MiniMax to #12 among all labs on the leaderboard.
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash by @MiniMax_AI is live in the Code Arena: WebDev. It debuts at #12 among open models with 1588 pts ( #32 overall). It also lifts MiniMax to #12 among all labs! MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a +106 pt increase from the previous variant, MiniMax-M3 with 1482 pts at #19 among open ( #66 overall). Priced at $0.15 input / $0.60 output per 1M tokens, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash also costs 50% less. It also improved in ranking and pts across all categories compared to MiniMax-M3: - Reference-Based Design: #20 → #7 (+155 pts) - Content Creation Tools: #20 → #7 (+113 pts) - Data & Analytics: #18 → #8 (+68 pts) - Gaming: #21 → #9 (+179 pts) - Simulations: #22 → #13 (+122 pts) - Brand & Marketing: #18 → #14 (+78 pts) - Consumer Product: #18 → #14 (+64 pts) Congrats to the team @MiniMax_AI on this release! MiniMax (official) @MiniMax_AI MiniMax M3.1 Flash: Space Performance + Bunny Speed 🚀🐰 Yes, Space Bunny - which has topped global leaderboards with 200T+ tokens - was an earlier version of M3.1 Flash. 💰Redefining the performance economics of agentic AI. M3.1 Flash achieves frontier-level intelligence across key tasks such as Cowork (Automation-Bench: 62%; ALE: 30%), Coding (DeepSWE: 74%) and Visual Reasoning (BabyVision: 91%), at 1/3 the cost of M3 and 3x the speed. API pricing (flat rate): $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M input/output tokens, with cache reads at $0.015 / 1M tokens. Model weights will arrive on Oct 23. AP platform.minimax.io 3Hr M Pla minimax.io/m-plan uda MiniMax Code for deskto agent.minimax.io/download HQm 🔗 View Quoted Tweet 💬 5 🔄 3 ❤️ 32 👀 3233 📊 7 ⚡
