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17 budget AI coding models ranked by output price ($0.28–$5.00/1M), SWE-bench Pro scores, and real-world CodingFleet speed. DeepSeek V4 Flash cheapest ($0.28). MiniMax M3 best open-weight (59.0% Pro). GPT-5.4 Mini fastest (439.8 char/s). Complete value-per-dollar analysis.
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?