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Head-to-head comparison of MiniMax M2.7 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash — two open-weight budget coding models. Flash wins on raw code (91.6% LiveCodeBench, 79% SWE-bench Verified), M2.7 wins on agentic value (56.22% SWE-bench Pro, 78.1 points per dollar). Full benchmarks, pricing, and speed analysis.
Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro: Sonnet leads every coding benchmark (+7.8 Pro, +9.2 HLE tools). DeepSeek is #1 global on LiveCodeBench (93.5%), MIT open-weight, and 7.8× cheaper per task ($0.12 vs $0.90). Is 7.8 more Pro points worth 7.8× the cost?
GLM-5.2 (62.1% Pro, $4.40/1M) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (55.4%, $0.87/1M). GLM leads all shared benchmarks (+6.7 Pro, +6.5 HLE, +3.4 MCP). But DeepSeek dominates competitive coding: LiveCodeBench 93.5% (#1 global), Codeforces 3206, GPQA 90.1%. Both MIT, both 1M context. Full comparison.
Qwen 3.7 Max (60.6% SWE-bench Pro, $7.50/1M, Anthropic API compatible) vs Kimi K2.6 (58.6%, $4.00/1M, 300 sub-agent swarms). Qwen leads all 6 shared benchmarks — but Kimi counters with open-weight, BrowseComp Agent Swarm (86.3%), and HLE w/tools (54%). Full comparison with real benchmark data.
DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.28/1M, MIT) vs GPT-5.4 Mini ($4.50/1M). Mini leads SWE-bench Pro (+1.8) & Terminal-Bench (+3.1). Flash leads LiveCodeBench (91.6%), HLE (+3.6), and is 16× cheaper. The budget coding tier has never been more competitive.
Qwen 3.7 Max leads 5/6 coding benchmarks including SWE-bench Pro (60.6% vs 55.4%). But DeepSeek V4 Pro dominates algorithmic coding (LiveCodeBench 93.5%, Codeforces 3206), is MIT-licensed and self-hostable, and costs 2.2× less ($3.48 vs $7.50/1M). Proprietary agent powerhouse vs open-weight algorithmic specialist.
Claude Opus 4.8 leads SWE-bench Pro by 8.6 points (69.2% vs 60.6%) — but Qwen 3.7 Max fights back on Terminal-Bench (69.7% vs 65.4%) and LiveCodeBench (91.6% vs 88.8%). With native Anthropic API compatibility and 3.33× lower cost, Qwen is the first model you can drop into Claude Code as a replacement.
Qwen 3.7 Max (60.6% SWE-bench Pro — highest proprietary score) vs MiniMax M3 (59.0%, $1.20/1M, open-weight + video). Just 1.6 points apart on Pro but 6.25× price gap. Alibaba's agent powerhouse vs the multimodal challenger.
Gemini 3.5 Flash ($9/1M, 76.2% Terminal-Bench, 4× faster) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro ($0.87/1M, 93.5% LiveCodeBench). 10× price gap. Flash wins on agent speed — DeepSeek on algorithms and value. Which fits your workflow?
Claude Opus 4.8 (69.2% SWE-bench Pro, $25/1M) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (55.4%, $0.87/1M). The coding king leads by 13.8 points — but DeepSeek wins LiveCodeBench (93.5%) and Terminal-Bench. Is the 28.7× premium worth it?
GPT-5.5 costs $30/1M output. DeepSeek V4 Pro costs $0.87. That's 34× cheaper — but the SWE-bench Pro gap is just 3.2 points (58.6% vs 55.4%). On LiveCodeBench, DeepSeek leads at 93.5%. When does GPT-5.5 justify its premium? Full data-driven coding comparison.
MiniMax M3 (59.0% SWE-bench Pro) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro (93.5% LiveCodeBench). M3 wins benchmarks + multimodality. DeepSeek wins price ($0.87/1M), ecosystem (2,150× more adoption), and algorithmic dominance. The generalist vs the specialist — which open-weight Chinese model fits your stack?