MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview tested: free, blazing fast, impressive at games and 3D
WorldofAI · youtube · 2026-10-02
WorldofAI ran a full hands-on test of MiniMax M3.1 Flash Preview using his own benchmark tool. The model is positioned as a fast, efficient everyday workhorse balancing speed, quality and efficiency rather than maxing frontier performance, and is currently free to try inside MiniMax Code.
Tests included building a Call of Duty Zombies-style game, a voxel island with palm trees and chickens, a full 3D village terrain, and interactive web experiences. The author found some results seriously impressive and compared speed and output against GPT-6 Sol and Fable 5.1.
Related event: MiniMax M3.1 Flash Impresses in Tests, Closing Gap with Claude Opus 5.5(3 posts)→
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