MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Ling 3.1 Flash

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 23 October 2026.

MiniMaxAI · A · Open weights

Params

220.5 B

Context

—

30d

1 K

inclusionai · B · API-only

Input / 1M

$0.075

Output / 1M

$0.23

AA index

41.1

proprietary · 262.1K context

Specification comparison

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Specification	MiniMax-M3.1-Flash	Ling 3.1 Flash
Deployment	Open weights · also via API	API-only (closed weights)
Parameters	220.5 B	n/a — API-only
Architecture	MiniMaxM3SparseForConditionalGeneration	n/a — API-only
Context length	1,048,576	262,144
Licence	other	Proprietary
Commercial use	Unknown	Per API terms
Languages	—	n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d	1,096	n/a — API-only
Downloads all time	1 K	n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub	SAFETENSORS	n/a — API-only
Gated	No	n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub	2026-10-17	n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.075
API output price / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.23
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens	$0.75	$0.30
Cached input / 1M tokens	$0.015	$0.015
AA Intelligence Index	42.7	41.1
AA Coding Index	—	—
AA Agentic Index	—	—
Max output tokens	524,288	235,929
API providers	11	2
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Reasoning mode	Yes	Yes

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash $0.75

Ling 3.1 Flash $0.30

Ling 3.1 Flash is 2.5× cheaper at list price.

On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted

MiniMax-M3.1-Flash · fp16 311.2 GB / 24 GB

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