Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.78 vs $1.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or MiniMax-M2?

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

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) vs MiniMax-M2

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking)	MiniMax-M2
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.10	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$0.78	$1.00
Context window	131K	197K
Parameters	—	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Sep 2025	Oct 2025

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (Thinking) details →MiniMax-M2 details →

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