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MiniMax M3.1 Flash vs Recraft V4.1 Flash

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash
minimax/m3.1-flash
Recraft V4.1 Flash
recraft/recraftv4-1-flash
Provider
MiniMax
Recraft
Family
MiniMax M
Recraft
Modality
text
image
Context window
1,000,000 tok
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Max output
131,072 tok
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Released
2026-10-22
2026-10-14
License
Open-weight
Proprietary
Input price
$0.150 /1M
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Output price
$0.600 /1M
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Per image
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$0.0070 /img
Tools
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Streaming
yes
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Vision
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JSON mode
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Reasoning
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Prompt caching
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Batch API
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MiniMax M3.1 Flash
minimax/m3.1-flash
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MiniMax M3.1 Flash is a fast, cost-efficient multimodal model for agentic tasks, coding, and computer use. It accepts text, image, and video input, always reasons before answering with adjustable effort, and has a 1M-token context window.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Recraft V4.1 Flash
recraft/recraftv4-1-flash
Full spec →

Recraft V4.1 Flash is Recraft's fastest and lowest-cost image model, generating a 1K raster image in about 1.3 seconds with quality close to Recraft V4.1. Built for high-volume generation and rapid iteration, with strong results for photography, portraits, atmospheric scenes, mixed media, and logo concepts. It outputs raster images only and does not support styles.

Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
Use cases
Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# MiniMax M3.1 Flash
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3.1-flash",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Recraft V4.1 Flash
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="recraft/recraftv4-1-flash",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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