Artificial Analysis found MiniMax M3.1 Flash's Intelligence Index task evaluation cost dropped 57 percent to $0.22 from MiniMax M3's $0.51, compared to $0.26 for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017, $0.28 for GLM-5.3 Flash, and $1.24 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

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