Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct cheaper?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $1.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

MiniMax-M3 has the larger context window (524K tokens).

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M3 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax-M3	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Provider	Jalapeno Cloud	Jalapeno Cloud
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$0.15
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$1.50
Context window	524K	129K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Sep 2025

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