{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a85cadd271f63923109fa5c2","clusterId":"c_c45fc6f7fcbf71ec81aa3d79","slug":"minimax-m3-1-flash-cuts-ai-agent-costs-70-percent-lifts-inference-speed-threefold","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"MiniMax M3.1 Flash Cuts AI Agent Costs 70 Percent, Lifts Inference Speed Threefold","summary":"MiniMax announced MiniMax M3.1 Flash on October 19, 2026. It reports the model scores 76.2 on BankerToolBench, 73.7 percent on DeepSWE v1.1, 61.7 on OSWorld V2, 29.6 on Agents' Last Exam, and 82 percent on CyberGym, where MiniMax claims the model ranked first among Chinese-made AI models. Output speed exceeds 200 tokens per second, inference runs about three times faster than the previous model, and agent task costs fall 70 percent. Pricing is $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.015 per million.","whyItMatters":"MiniMax says the upgrade lowers agent task costs by 70 percent and raises inference speed roughly threefold while claiming the top score among Chinese-made AI models on OSWorld V2 and Agents' Last Exam, so the central question for buyers is whether cheaper, faster runs outweigh the gap to the previous model on efficiency rather than raw capability.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMiniMax says an early version of M3.1 Flash ran anonymously as Space Bunny and processed more than 200 trillion tokens before the model was announced. The launch pricing undercuts what the company says the previous model cost to run: $0.15 per 1 million input tokens, $0.60 per 1 million output tokens, and $0.015 per 1 million cached input tokens. MiniMax frames the gains as computational efficiency rather than scaling, and presents burst output speed above 200 tokens per second with a median of more than 170.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndependent evaluation provides the calibration. Artificial Analysis scored M3.1 Flash 42 on its Intelligence Index, against 29 for the previous MiniMax M3, and 53 percent on SciCode and 48 percent on Humanity\u0026#39;s Last Exam. The same evaluator puts the model 4th across the 173 it tracks and well clear of the 13 median for models at the same price.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"MiniMax prices M3.1 Flash at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.015 cached. The 70 percent cost cut comes from pricing, not from the 76.2 BankerToolBench score.","twitterPost":"MiniMax M3.1 Flash lists cached input at $0.015 per million tokens. The 70 percent cost cut is a pricing decision, not a benchmark result.","threadsPost":"MiniMax M3.1 Flash lists input at $0.15 per million tokens and cached input at $0.015. The 70 percent cost cut sits in the rate card, separate from the 76.2 BankerToolBench score and the 200 tokens per second output speed.","newsletterBlurb":"MiniMax announced MiniMax M3.1 Flash on October 19, 2026, pitching it at AI agents that drive external tools across sales, finance, support, and software work. The company claims the model runs about three times the inference speed of the previous model and cuts agent task execution costs by 70 percent. Artificial Analysis scored it 42 on its Intelligence Index, placing it 4th among 173 models evaluated.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261020-minimax-m3-1-flash/\",\"title\":\"MiniMax Announces New AI Model 'MiniMax M3.1 Flash,' Boosting AI Agent Performance While Cutting Usage Costs by 70%\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4677,"outputTokens":789,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792476429,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T06:01:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T06:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T06:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c45fc6f7fcbf71ec81aa3d79","canonicalTitle":"MiniMaxが新AIモデル「MiniMax M3.1 Flash」を発表、AIエージェントの性能を強化しつつ利用コストを70％削減","representativeArticleId":"a_20e8da08c8e4f88b2053e32c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"MiniMax M3.1 Flash\"],\"studios\":[\"MiniMax\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T04:50:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T04:50:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T06:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261020-minimax-m3-1-flash/","title":"MiniMaxが新AIモデル「MiniMax M3.1 Flash」を発表、AIエージェントの性能を強化しつつ利用コストを70％削減"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["MiniMax M3.1 Flash"],"studios":["MiniMax"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}