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deepseek-flash vs MiniMax-M2

	deepseek-flash	MiniMax-M2
Providers	—	—
Input $/M	$0.15	$0.32
Output $/M	$0.61	$1.27
Output multiplier	×4.00	×4.00
Context window	—	—
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—

What the numbers mean

deepseek-flash is roughly 2.1× cheaper on input than MiniMax-M2. If your workload passes the quality bar on the cheaper model, that gap compounds across every request; route to MiniMax-M2 deliberately rather than by default.

Code

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://starseaapi.com/v1", api_key="sk-...")

# deepseek-flash
client.chat.completions.create(model="deepseek-flash", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])

# MiniMax-M2
client.chat.completions.create(model="MiniMax-M2", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hi"}])

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