Kimi K3.1 Pro leads the current AA Intelligence Index, 46 to 29. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash has the lower illustrated request cost, $0.0021 versus $0.03; output speed is 35.7 versus 118.9 tokens/s.
Kimi’s 1,048,576-token limit is slightly larger than MiniMax’s 1,000,000, a modest capacity distinction.12
Estimated request cost
MiniMax keeps this token scenario at $0.0021; selecting Kimi raises it to $0.03.
Methodology and sources
SciCode is AA’s scientific-coding evaluation, reported as a percentage; higher is better. It is separate from the 10,000-input-token performance test and is not an in-editor Cline evaluation. Quality and performance use the configurations shown beside the model names. A current AA v5 Intelligence Index is displayed only where both models have a published value. AA performance uses the 10,000-input-token benchmark at each model’s displayed configuration; reasoning settings vary by model. Output speed is the median output rate. Answer latency measures the first answer token after reasoning, not the initial streamed reasoning chunk. For non-streamed reasoning and non-reasoning models, AA reports the same first-chunk and first-answer event. AA estimates answer latency from initial response and reasoning duration; it is not a separately sampled median. These are reference deployments, not Novita endpoint guarantees. The uncached cost example bills 10,000 input and 1,000 output tokens at each named seller’s tariff; it is not the cost of the AA benchmark. Prices, context and output limits use the cited seller sources.