Is Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M3 cheaper?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M3?

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

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B vs MiniMax-M3

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M3 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M3 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5 397B-A17B	MiniMax-M3
Provider	Jalapeno Cloud	Jalapeno Cloud
Input / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$3.60	$1.20
Context window	262K	524K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Jun 2026

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B details →MiniMax-M3 details →

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