Is Qwen3-235B-A22B or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.86 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-235B-A22B or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Qwen3-235B-A22B vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2.1 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-235B-A22B or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-235B-A22B	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	302.AI	302.AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.29	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$2.86	$1.20
Context window	128K	1M
Parameters	235B	229B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Apr 2025	Dec 2025

Qwen3-235B-A22B details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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