MiniMax M1 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M1
Input
$0.30
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.65
2.2× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Input
$0.60
Output
$3.60
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 2.0× input, 2.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
50%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B uses 5.3x more transitions
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
53%Vocabulary54%
17wSentence Length14w
0.51Hedging0.39
7.4Bold6.9
6.2Lists4.2
0.10Emoji0.23
0.86Headings0.93
0.03Transitions0.17
Based on 14 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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