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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.
MiniMax M3 (59.0% Pro, $1.20/1M, 1M ctx) vs GLM 5.1 (58.4%, $4.40/1M, 200K ctx). Both Huawei Ascend, both MIT, both Chinese. 0.6 pts apart on Pro. M3 leads context + multimodal. GLM leads reasoning + CyberGym #1 + pure MIT + $3/mo plan. Full comparison.