MiniMax M1 vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M1 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.65
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.80
2.1× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 2.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
69%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 9.9x more emoji
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
53%Vocabulary55%
17wSentence Length18w
0.51Hedging0.52
7.4Bold6.7
6.2Lists4.3
0.10Emoji1.04
0.86Headings0.92
0.03Transitions0.11
Based on 14 + 22 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
FAQ
