Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Minimax M 2.5 offers 68.1K more tokens in context window than DeepSeek-V3.1. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.1, released by DeepSeek in August 2025, is a hybrid large language model with 671 billion total parameters (37 billion active) that unifies the capabilities of DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 in a single model. It features a 128K token context window and supports both direct generation and extended reasoning modes selectable via the chat template. DeepSeek-V3.1 targets general-purpose tasks, coding, and complex reasoning under an open MIT license.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5 is a large language model from MiniMax extensively trained with reinforcement learning across hundreds of thousands of complex real-world environments. It targets agentic tool use, coding automation, and office productivity tasks, with strong results on software engineering and web browsing benchmarks. M2.5 represents the next generation of MiniMax's M-series models optimized for production agentic workloads.
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DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
2025-08-21
Minimax M 2.5
MiniMax
2026-02-13
Cost per million tokens (USD)
DeepSeek-V3.1
Minimax M 2.5
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.1
DeepSeek
Minimax M 2.5
DeepSeek-V3.1
Minimax M 2.5
DeepSeek-V3.1
Minimax M 2.5
MiniMax