DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs MiniMax M1
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 14.8 to 11.7, and DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs 2.2x less per output token ($1.0142 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 21 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or MiniMax M1: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($1.0142 vs $2.20 per million).
- Shared results
- 21
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus only
- 24
- MiniMax M1 only
- 8
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus leads, 14.8 against 11.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus has a AA Agentic Index result, 6.8.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus has a Design Arena: websites result, 1187.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 takes 1M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus $0.0008, MiniMax M1 $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus not benchmarked, MiniMax M1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 17.8 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: legal and government: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus 1457 against MiniMax M1 1337, 20.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus $1.0142 against MiniMax M1 $2.20 per million output tokens, 2.2x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus takes 164K tokens, MiniMax M1 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | Bars | MiniMax M1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| Math | 1 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 11 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 21 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | 43.5 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| SciCode | 38.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 31.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| ALE-Bench | 745.2 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1425 | 1359 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1426 | 1359 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 14.8 | 11.7 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 6.8 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 37.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 79.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 16.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1426 | 1339 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1317 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1432 | 1353 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 89.7 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1402 | 1361 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1363 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 85.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | 1354 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1468 | 1355 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1457 | 1337 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1414 | 1319 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1187 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1180 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1131 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1168 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1141 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1175 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1065 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index110
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 57.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 69.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| DTBench | 81.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMCA | 28.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus measured |
| LMArena Text | 1419 | 1343 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1404 | 1312 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1403 | 1297 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: English | 1429 | 1363 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1408 | 1319 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1360 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1350 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1217 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1266 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1370 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1353 | Only MiniMax M1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1435 | 1329 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1427 | 1329 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1411 | 1335 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1422 | 1326 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1409 | 1311 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1391 | 1303 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | MiniMax |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 22, 2025 | June 17, 2025 |
| Context window | 164K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.3063 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.0142 | $2.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus better than MiniMax M1 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($1.0142 vs $2.20 per million).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or MiniMax M1?
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus costs $0.3063 per million input tokens and $1.0142 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 and $2.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1, with 1M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs MiniMax M1 comparison based on?
21 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.