Alpine benchmark: MiniMax M3.1 Flash trails DeepSeek V4.1 Flash but costs less

Tony @EnvolDevOriginally posted 2026.10.21

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 vs Haiku 5.5 vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.3 You guys loved the Alpine benchmark with the frontier models, so here it is with the budget models. 🛩️ Honestly, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 blew me away. 🤯 It's 14x cheaper than Haiku and almost 3x faster, and it gave the best result of the four. MiniMax is right behind, and even cheaper at 23 cents. And Muse Spark did it for free! What do you guys think? 👀

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