$ diff deepseek-v4 minimax-m3
DeepSeek V4 vs MiniMax M3
DeepSeek and MiniMax, side by side. Every value below is the one recorded on the model’s own wiki page, with its citation — nothing is estimated.
DeepSeekDeepSeek V4
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
- context
- 1M
- weights
- open
- $/M in
- —
- $/M out
- —
What actually differs
- Context window
- Identical — both accept 1M tokens, so context length is not a reason to pick either.
- Weights
- Both publish weights — DeepSeek V4 under MIT (open-weight), MiniMax M3 under Open-weight (HuggingFace). Check the licences rather than assuming they permit the same commercial use.
- Recency
- DeepSeek V4 shipped 45 days after MiniMax M3 (2026-07-16 vs 2026-06-01).
Full spec
| Attribute | DeepSeek V4 | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | DeepSeek | MiniMax |
| Released | 2026-07-16 | 2026-06-01 |
| Context window | 1M tokens (384K max output) | 1,000,000 tokens (1M); min. 512K guaranteed |
| Pricing | Peak: 2× off-peak API rates; off-peak rates not disclosed | Available via API; pricing on OpenRouter |
| License | MIT (open-weight) | Open-weight (HuggingFace) |
| Availability | DeepSeek API, Hugging Face (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro) | API (global, including English) + open-weight on HuggingFace |
Values come from DeepSeek V4 and MiniMax M3, where each is cited to its source. This page states no benchmark result and ranks neither model — it puts two published specifications next to each other. Where a lab has not published a figure, the row says so rather than guessing. How these pages are produced.