MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) by Qwen, context windows of 205K vs 1.0M, tested across 37 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M2.5 is 3.3x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
1.3× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.3× cheaper
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
Input
$0.40
Output
$4.00
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 1.3× input, 3.3× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
61%
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) uses 23.3x more emoji
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking)
55%Vocabulary54%
25wSentence Length15w
0.58Hedging0.36
6.0Bold7.0
4.4Lists4.6
0.01Emoji0.34
1.11Headings0.94
0.16Transitions0.09
Based on 23 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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