DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is a sparse mixture-of-experts model from DeepSeek, and the first built on the company's Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture. It activates 8B parameters on input and 16B on...
Model details →DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash vs MiniMax: MiniMax M1
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
MiniMax-M1 is a large-scale, open-weight reasoning model designed for extended context and high-efficiency inference. It leverages a hybrid Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture paired with a custom "lightning attention" mechanism, allowing…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | MiniMax: MiniMax M1 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 1M | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.15 | $0.40 | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.60 | $2.20 | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash better than MiniMax: MiniMax M1?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniMax: MiniMax M1?
Input: $0.15 vs $0.40 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.60 vs $2.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniMax: MiniMax M1 support?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash supports up to 1.0M tokens. MiniMax: MiniMax M1 supports up to 1M tokens.
Do both DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and MiniMax: MiniMax M1 support tool calling?
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: yes. MiniMax: MiniMax M1: yes.