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DeepSeek V3.1-Terminusvs
MiniMax M2
DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus and MiniMax M2 split their 4 shared benchmarks evenly. MiniMax M2 has the larger context window (205K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
2 – 2
even split
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
MiniMax M2
205K tokens
Providers
2 providers
DeepSeek · MiniMax
DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus
DeepSeek · released 2025-09-22
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- Context
- 128K
- Max out
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- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 12 · 5 core
MiniMax M2
MiniMax · released 2025-10-27
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 8 only DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus · 13 only MiniMax M2| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus | MiniMax M2 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | 1417.2 ↗ | 1343.4 ↗ | +73.8 | DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus |
| BrowseComp | 38.5% ↗ | 44% ↗ | -5.5 pt | MiniMax M2 |
| BrowseComp-zh | 45% ↗ | 48.5% ↗ | -3.5 pt | MiniMax M2 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 57.8% ↗ | 56.5% ↗ | +1.3 pt | DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus |
| Only DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus reports · 8 | ||||
| MMLU-Pro | 85% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 21.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Aider-Polyglot | 76.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GPQA-Diamond | 80.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA (agentic tool use) | 96.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE Verified | 68.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench | 36.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MiniMax M2 reports · 13 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 69.4% ↗ | — | — |
| AgentCompany | not reported | 36% ↗ | — | — |
| ArtifactsBench | not reported | 66.8% ↗ | — | — |
| FinSearchComp-global | not reported | 65.5% ↗ | — | — |
| GAIA (text only) | not reported | 75.7% ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (w/ tools) | not reported | 31.8% ↗ | — | — |
| LMArena WebDev (LMArena) | not reported | 1296.6 ↗ | — | — |
| Multi-SWE-Bench | not reported | 36.2% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleBench (SimpleBench) | not reported | 25% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench | not reported | 46.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 (Andon Labs) | not reported | 160.6 ↗ | — | — |
| xbench-DeepSearch | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| τ²-Bench | not reported | 77.2% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus minus MiniMax M2 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | DeepSeek V3.1-Terminus | MiniMax M2 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 128K tokens | 205K tokens | MiniMax M2 |
| Max output | — | 128K tokens | — |
| Input price / 1M | — | $0.3 ↗ | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | $1.2 ↗ | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.03 ↗ | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | $1.5 | — |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2025-09-22 | 2025-10-27 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 12 | 17 | — |
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