Is Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or MiniMax-M2.5 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $1.49 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or MiniMax-M2.5?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B vs MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.6 35B-A3B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.6 35B-A3B or MiniMax-M2.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.6 35B-A3B	MiniMax-M2.5
Provider	Novita AI	Novita AI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.25	$0.30
Output / 1M tokens	$1.49	$1.20
Context window	262K	205K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Apr 2026	Feb 2026

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B details →MiniMax-M2.5 details →

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