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DeepSeek V3.1 vs MiniMax M2.5
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
DeepSeek V3.1 wins on 1/1 benchmarks
DeepSeek V3.1 wins 1 of 1 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena.
Category leads
arena·DeepSeek V3.1
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek V3.1
#118 by perf·no signal
MiniMax M2.5
#131 by perf·#11 by attention
Best value
DeepSeek V3.1
1.2x better value than MiniMax M2.5
DeepSeek V3.1
84.5 pts/$
$0.60/M
MiniMax M2.5
72.0 pts/$
$0.68/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
1 benchmark · 2 models
DeepSeek V3.1MiniMax M2.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
DeepSeek V3.1 leads by +26.3
DeepSeek V3.1
1417.2
MiniMax M2.5
1390.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1 | MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1417.2 | 1390.8 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.25 | $0.95 | 164K tokens (~82 books) | $4.25 | |
| $0.27 | $1.08 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $4.72 |