MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash with nearly 3x faster inference and 70% lower usage cost

MiniMax released M3.1 Flash, which it says runs online inference nearly three times faster and cuts overall usage cost on agent tasks by 70% versus the previous generation. The model scores 73.7% on DeepSWE v1.1 and reaches 200+ TPS in everyday output. Pricing is $0.15 per 1M input tokens, $0.60 per 1M output tokens and $0.015 per 1M cached input tokens.

Why it matters: MiniMax claims a 70% cut in agent-task usage cost over the prior generation, with benchmark results on complex tasks, coding and computer use at leading-model levels.