MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 54 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-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
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.1× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 1.1× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
61%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct uses 5.6x more emoji
MiniMax M1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
53%Vocabulary52%
17wSentence Length16w
0.51Hedging0.20
7.4Bold5.8
6.2Lists3.7
0.10Emoji0.59
0.86Headings0.96
0.03Transitions0.05
Based on 14 + 20 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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