Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.10 vs $1.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or MiniMax-M2?

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

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs MiniMax-M2

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen2.5 7B Instruct	MiniMax-M2
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.04	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$0.10	$1.00
Context window	33K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Oct 2024	Oct 2025

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct details →MiniMax-M2 details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.