Is Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M2 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.00 vs $2.45 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M2?

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

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M2 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5 397B-A17B or MiniMax-M2 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5 397B-A17B	MiniMax-M2
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.39	$0.26
Output / 1M tokens	$2.45	$1.00
Context window	131K	197K
Parameters	397B	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Oct 2025

Qwen3.5 397B-A17B details →MiniMax-M2 details →

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