Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B cheaper?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.32 vs $2.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

MiniMax-M3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M3 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax-M3	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Provider	Wafer	Wafer
Input / 1M tokens	$0.33	$0.43
Output / 1M tokens	$1.32	$2.60
Context window	1M	262K
Parameters	—	397B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Feb 2026

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