Is Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens ($1.31 vs $1.34 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 has the larger context window (196K tokens).

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking vs MiniMax-M2.1

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2.1 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.16	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$1.31	$1.34
Context window	128K	196K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Dec 2025

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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