Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.34 vs $1.98 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.1?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.44	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$1.98	$1.34
Context window	262K	196K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jul 2025	Dec 2025

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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