Is Qwen3.5 35B A3B or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $1.80 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 35B A3B or MiniMax M2.5?

Qwen3.5 35B A3B has the larger context window (260K tokens).

Qwen3.5 35B A3B vs MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 35B A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5 35B A3B or MiniMax M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5 35B A3B	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.23	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$1.80	$1.20
Context window	260K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Feb 2026

Qwen3.5 35B A3B details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

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