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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?
Both $15/1M output. GPT-5.4 is faster (242.5 char/s vs 173.3 on CodingFleet) and stronger on benchmarks (SWE-bench Pro +14, Terminal-Bench +16). Sonnet 4.6 counters with 90% cache discounts, no long-context surcharge, and mature Claude Code ecosystem. The real verdict: use both.