# Arete-27B vs MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (slim)

> Arete-27B and MiniMax-M3.1-Flash score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 55.1 and 54.3 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Arete-27B and MiniMax-M3.1-Flash score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 55.1 (C) and 54.3 (C). MiniMax-M3.1-Flash leads on reach and agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Arete-27B: C 55.1, rank #123 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arete-27b.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: C 54.3, rank #131 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- Arete-27B, good for Agents that want Qwen3.8-27B's coding and tool use without its handling of politically sensitive topics, on a 24 GB card or a 128 GB machine Ahead on Risk, 55 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 63 against 41.
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Reach, 55 against 50; Agent interface, 70 against 60.

| Category | Arete-27B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 50 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 55 | 35 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 60 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 63 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Arete-27B | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | MiniMax |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-23 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Arete-27B +22: Arete-27B 63 (Model card 8, no limitations, context length, languages or cut-off.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 41 (The model card earns 11, missing limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off.)
- Risk, Arete-27B +20: Arete-27B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no remote code.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 35 (File safety earns 15, safetensors only, less 10 because the SGLang route the card links passes trust_remote_code for the repository's configuration and processo…)
- Agent interface, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash +10: Arete-27B 60 (Chat template 20, a Jinja file in the repository.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 70 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.)
- Reach, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash +5: Arete-27B 50 (Memory 10, the only build from Nous Research is the 54.7 GB BF16 release, which needs about 66 GB and fits the reference machine.); MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 55 (Memory earns nothing.)