MiniMax M1 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Compare MiniMax M1 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 1.0M, tested across 52 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
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
1.3× cheaper
Output
$1.65
1.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
Input
$0.40
Output
$2.40
MiniMax M1 is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
45%
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 uses 14.7x more emoji
MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20
53%Vocabulary59%
17wSentence Length15w
0.51Hedging0.28
7.4Bold4.4
6.2Lists2.5
0.10Emoji1.53
0.86Headings0.76
0.03Transitions0.04
Based on 14 + 27 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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