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title: "MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight"
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summary: "MiniMax's M3.1 Flash scored 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13 points higher than its predecessor, while costing half as much and achieving 73.7 percent on the DeepSWE v1.1 coding benchmark for under $0.30 per task."
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# MiniMax M3\.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight

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**Published:** 2026-10-19T18:22:30.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** deepseek, llm

## Summary

MiniMax's M3\.1 Flash scored 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 13 points higher than its predecessor, while costing half as much and achieving 73\.7 percent on the DeepSWE v1\.1 coding benchmark for under $0\.30 per task\.

## Sources

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