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MiniMax M3 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro vs Kimi K3

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

×MiniMax M3MiniMaxcurrent
×DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeekcurrent
×Kimi K3Moonshot AIcurrent
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SpecificationMiniMax M3DeepSeek V4-ProKimi K3
SummaryOpen weights, long-context and multimodal.Best all-round open model of 2026.Largest open-weight model shipped.
LicenceOpen weightsMITOpen weights
Parameters——2.8T
Released1 Jun 2026—17 Jul 2026
CategoryOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight ModelsOpen-Weight Models
OfficialMiniMax ↗DeepSeek ↗Moonshot AI ↗

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MiniMax M3

Open weights, long-context and multimodal.

Best for long context.

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DeepSeek V4-Pro

  • Tops open leaderboards on agentic coding and reasoning
  • MIT licence — no conditions
  • Pioneered aggressive cache-hit pricing at ~$0.07/M

Best for everything open.

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Kimi K3

  • Tops the Frontend Code Arena
  • 76.8% on SWE-Bench Verified

Best for coding.

Full spec sheet →