Is Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.40 vs $1.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct vs MiniMax M2.5

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax M2.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct or MiniMax M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$0.40	$1.20
Context window	128K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2025	Feb 2026

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

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