Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose DeepSeek V4 Flash if you want cheap, high-volume open-weight agent steps. Choose MiniMax M2.1 if you want tool-heavy personal and autonomous agents on a budget.
In our editorial scoring, DeepSeek V4 Flash leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, speed, value for $ and reliability), while MiniMax M2.1 leads in 0. On price, DeepSeek V4 Flash runs about $0.12 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; MiniMax M2.1 is about $0.49 and open-weight.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.