Is Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking and MiniMax-M2 have comparable output pricing.

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 has the larger context window (197K tokens).

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking vs MiniMax-M2

Both have similar output pricing, while MiniMax-M2 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	MiniMax-M2
Provider	LLM Gateway	LLM Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.20
Output / 1M tokens	$1.00	$1.00
Context window	131K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Oct 2025	Oct 2025

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking details →MiniMax-M2 details →

FAQ

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