MiniMax M3.1 Flash at 42 on AA and $0.15/$0.60 joins a four-way budget-model fight
The post compares AA index scores and per-million-token prices for DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Haiku 5.5, MiniMax M3.1 Flash (42, $0.15/$0.60) and Mercury 3, arguing the cheapest model that passes your own repo tests wins.
the cheap tier just became a f*cking four-way fight artificial analysis index · price per 1M in / out: → deepseek v4.1 flash 1017: 45 · $0.30 / $1.20 (half off-peak) → haiku 5.5: 43 · $0.10 / $0.50 (under a 100K prompt) → minimax m3.1 flash: 42 · $0.15 / $0.60 → mercury 3: new this week, inception says it beats haiku 5.5 at 1,000+ tok/s 3 index points apart, 3x apart on input price for grep, summaries and routing, the cheapest model that passes your own tests wins the prompt in the picture runs that test on your repo the scout setup is in the article below which one is your scout model right now?
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