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MiniMax M3.1 Flash tops Automation-Bench and finishes a hands-on agent test faster than DeepSeek

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash ranked first on Automation-Bench v1.0.6 in results published by MiniMax, while a hands-on comparison by Leiphone found that a setup using the model completed an interactive 3D campus in less than half the time of a setup using DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Both setups met the main requirements, which involved building the campus from a hand-drawn plan and building dimensions. MiniMax Code with M3.1 Flash took 55.4 minutes, compared with about 121 minutes for OpenCode with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Model charges were around 6.5 yuan for each setup under the pricing used. The comparison involved different coding tools as well as different models. The published benchmarks placed M3.1 Flash ahead on complex agent tasks and DeepSeek ahead on software engineering; MiniMax also reported a 76.2% score for M3.1 Flash on BankerToolBench, tying Opus 5 for first place.

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    MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash in a Hands-On Agent Test

    Leiphone tested MiniMax M3.1 Flash and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on building an interactive 3D campus from a hand-drawn plan and building dimensions. Both setups met the main requirements, but MiniMax Code plus M3.1 Flash took 55.4 minutes versus about 121 minutes for OpenCode plus DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, with model charges around 6.5 yuan each under the pricing used. Published benchmarks placed M3.1 Flash ahead on complex agent tasks and DeepSeek ahead on software engineering.

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