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MiniMax M2.1vs
Step 3.7 Flash
Step 3.7 Flash leads 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Step 3.7 Flash has the larger context window (256K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 3
Step 3.7 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Step 3.7 Flash
256K tokens
Providers
2 providers
MiniMax · StepFun
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax · released 2025-12-22
text
Step 3.7 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-05-29
textvision
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
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- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 19 · 6 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 9 only MiniMax M2.1 · 15 only Step 3.7 Flash| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 74% ↗ | 76.5% ↗ | -2.5 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| BrowseComp | 47.4% ↗ | 75.8% ↗ | -28.4 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 72.5% ↗ | 72.4% ↗ | +0.1 pt | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Toolathlon | 43.5% ↗ | 49.5% ↗ | -6 pt | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Only MiniMax M2.1 reports · 9 | ||||
| BrowseComp (context management) | 62% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Multi-SWE-bench | 49.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OctoCodingbench | 26.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleBench (SimpleBench) | 34.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Droid) | 71.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (mini-swe-agent) | 67% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWT-bench | 69.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.0 | 47.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| VIBE (Average) | 88.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Step 3.7 Flash reports · 15 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 95% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| AA-LCR | not reported | 63.9% ↗ | — | — |
| ClawEval v1.1 | not reported | 67.1% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSearchQA Accuracy | not reported | 81.7% ↗ | — | — |
| DeepSearchQA F1 | not reported | 92.8% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval-Stirrup | not reported | 1415.8 ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval-Stirrup Intelligence Index | not reported | 45.8 ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (with tools, text-only) | not reported | 49.7% ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | not reported | 47.2% ↗ | — | — |
| ResearchRubrics | not reported | 71.7% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleVQA (with tools) | not reported | 79.2% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Pro | not reported | 56.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 59.6% ↗ | — | — |
| V* (with Python) | not reported | 95.3% ↗ | — | — |
| WorldVQA (with visual search) | not reported | 58.1% ↗ | — | — |
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 MiniMax M2.1 minus Step 3.7 Flash 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 | MiniMax M2.1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 205K tokens | 256K tokens | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| 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 · vision | Step 3.7 Flash |
| Released | 2025-12-22 | 2026-05-29 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 13 | 19 | — |
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