MiniMax M1 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10BRunner-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
1.3× cheaper
Output
$1.65
1.9× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
Input
$0.40
Output
$3.20
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 1.9× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B uses 6.2x more transitions
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 122B A10B
53%Vocabulary49%
17wSentence Length15w
0.51Hedging0.29
7.4Bold6.2
6.2Lists4.8
0.10Emoji0.10
0.86Headings0.88
0.03Transitions0.20
Based on 14 + 24 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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