Ling-3.0-flash vs. MiniMax-M2.1
Comparison between Ling-3.0-flash and MiniMax-M2.1 across intelligence, price, speed, context window and more.
For details relating to our methodology, see our Methodology page.
Highlights
Model Comparison
Ling-3.0-flash | MiniMax-M2.1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 37 | 31* | Ling-3.0-flash is more intelligent than MiniMax-M2.1 |
| Price per 1M Tokens | $0.05 | $0.39 | Ling-3.0-flash is cheaper than MiniMax-M2.1 |
| Output Speed | 280 tokens/s | 94 tokens/s | Ling-3.0-flash is faster than MiniMax-M2.1 |
| Time to First Token | 1.96s | 1.61s | MiniMax-M2.1 responds faster than Ling-3.0-flash |
| Context Window | 262k tokens~393 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | 205k tokens~307 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font | Ling-3.0-flash has a larger context window than MiniMax-M2.1 |
| Release Date | August 2026 | December 2025 | Ling-3.0-flash has a more recent release date than MiniMax-M2.1 |
| Parameters | 124B, 5.1B active at inference time | 230B, 10B active at inference time | MiniMax-M2.1 has more parameters than Ling-3.0-flash |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Both Ling-3.0-flash and MiniMax-M2.1 have reasoning |
| Image Input Support | No | No | Neither Ling-3.0-flash nor MiniMax-M2.1 have image input support |
| Open Source (Weights) | No | MiniMax-M2.1 is open source while Ling-3.0-flash is proprietary |
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Agentic real-world work tasks, (Elo-500)/2000
Agentic tool use
Agentic coding & terminal use
Coding
Reasoning & knowledge
Scientific reasoning
Physics reasoning
Knowledge
1 - hallucination rate
Long context reasoning
Agentic knowledge work, Elo
Agentic SaaS workflows
Legal agentic work, criterion pass rate
Agentic business operations
Instruction following
Long-horizon agentic tasks
Kubernetes incident root-cause analysis
Visual reasoning
AA-Briefcase
AA-Briefcase Elo
AA-Omniscience
AA-Omniscience Index
Openness Index
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Token Use
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Context Window
Context Window
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Ling-3.0-flash is more intelligent. Ling-3.0-flash scores 37, compared with MiniMax-M2.1 at 31 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Ling-3.0-flash is faster. Ling-3.0-flash generates 279.8 tokens per second, compared with MiniMax-M2.1 at 94.2 tokens per second.
Ling-3.0-flash is cheaper. Ling-3.0-flash costs $0.05 per 1M tokens, compared with MiniMax-M2.1 at $0.39 per 1M tokens (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio).
MiniMax-M2.1 has lower latency. MiniMax-M2.1 has a time to first token of 1.61s, compared with Ling-3.0-flash at 1.96s.
Ling-3.0-flash has a larger context window. Ling-3.0-flash supports 260k tokens, compared with MiniMax-M2.1 at 200k tokens.