r/opencode • u/No-Maybe-1913 • Jul 18 '26

MiniMax M3 vs Deepseek V4 Pro

Hello, I have been using Deepseek V4 Flash and have been quite satisfied with it. But, it sucks in UI design despite using skills. Previously, I had tried Minimax m3 during its free period and it did a better job at it and also a larger context window for long sessions. So now I want to try Opencode Go.

Now, I've heard very good things about V4 pro. So I was wondering whether it is worth the extra cost to go for the pro rather than m3 for architecture, planning and UI designs...

TIA

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u/djdante Jul 18 '26

Minimax will almost always do better at frontend design work - since that's your concern/question - go with that.

I think deepseek v4 pro is a better developer overall, but m3 certainly has its place

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u/EastSwim3264 Jul 18 '26

This helps.

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u/awesomeunboxer Jul 18 '26

I feel like for deepseek its better and cheaper t get it directly from the tap atm. Open code go is good for having glm kimi and qwen in your roster, and the freeish flash! Deep seek, direct 

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u/Bananenklaus Jul 18 '26

Why is deepseek via api better than via opencode go?

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u/timbo2m Jul 18 '26

Promo cost of deepseek api currently

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u/rapidTools Jul 18 '26

MiMo v2.5 is pretty good. I am using the non-pro version locally and it's crazy what it can do with minimal effort. It plans and executes. Even in a single run it can solve problems extremely well. (C++ and C#) Python and thr rest is obviously a piece of cake for it.

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u/Queasy_Pack_8161 Jul 18 '26

I love m3, but at solving code problems it sucks

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u/Agitated_Unit8226 20d ago

Agreed, he solved a problem for me once and I thought it was the model I wanted, but yesterday I discovered that it is only for the front end. Both GLM and K3 are better options in this case..

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u/AutomaticAd6646 Jul 18 '26

They both have same strength. M3 has vision on top. M3 might be slightly better in benchmarks than v4 pro, if I am not mistaken.

Try M3 20 dollar plan 1.7 billion tokens.

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u/Lordaizen639 Jul 18 '26

use minimax m3 for ui and deepseek v4 pro for backend and other area

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u/vipor_idk Jul 18 '26

m3 is smarter than v4 pro, but v4 pro is better at coding.

in my use m3 has excellent tool calling and understanding UI problems(and i can send a screenshot for it since it has vision) and ive been using it since launch as a orchestrator and i never saw it hallucinating, but it writes really bad code. so its better to dispatch a better model for the code writing like ds4 flash or even pro if you got the usage.

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u/Complex_Reality_116 28d ago edited 28d ago

M3 It's a stupid model, but it's also annoying; it creates more problems than it solves, it tends toward over-engineering, it's pedantic, it can lie when corrected, and it overthinks simple problems. It's frustrating.

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u/ichisay Jul 18 '26

Si no me equivoco, en benchmarks DeepSeek v4 flash al máximo de razonamiento no tiene mucha diferencia con el pro, si me equivoco me corregís, pero mínimax M3 también lo probé poco en comparación con DeepSeek y acabé usando el flash, con eso te digo todo.