# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs ZAYA1-8B (slim)

> ZAYA1-8B scores 61 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZAYA1-8B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 54.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash leads on agent interface. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- 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
- ZAYA1-8B: C 61, rank #85 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zaya1-8b.min.md
- 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 Agent interface, 70 against 60.
- ZAYA1-8B, good for People who want a small, fast reasoning model for maths and code and can live without tool calling Ahead on Reach, 80 against 55; Risk, 55 against 35; Documentation and upkeep, 50 against 41.

| Category | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 55 | 80 |
| Risk (20%) | 35 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | ZAYA1-8B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | Zyphra |
| Licence | 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) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2026-07-02 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Reach, ZAYA1-8B +25: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 55 (Memory earns nothing.); ZAYA1-8B 80 (Memory 30, the smallest build from Zyphra is the MXFP4-Experts repository, 5.85 GB, and 5.85 GB × 1.2 = 7.0 GB, within 16 GB.)
- Risk, ZAYA1-8B +20: 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…); ZAYA1-8B 55 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash +10: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 70 (The chat template earns 20 for chat_template.jinja in the repository.); ZAYA1-8B 60 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (10,700 characters).)
- Documentation and upkeep, ZAYA1-8B +9: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash 41 (The model card earns 11, missing limitations, languages and a knowledge cut-off.); ZAYA1-8B 50 (Model card 5, Intended use and the parameter counts are on the card.)