Is Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking or MiniMax M2.5 cheaper?

MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $2.40 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking or MiniMax M2.5?

Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking has the larger context window (984K tokens).

Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking vs MiniMax M2.5

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

Spec	Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking	MiniMax M2.5
Provider	NanoGPT	NanoGPT
Input / 1M tokens	$0.40	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$2.40	$1.20
Context window	984K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Feb 2026

Qwen3.5 Plus Thinking details →MiniMax M2.5 details →

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