MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against Qwen3 30B A3B by Qwen, context windows of 205K vs 41K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3 30B A3BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M2.5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Qwen3 30B A3B
Input
$0.000
Output
$0.000
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
28%
MiniMax M2.5 uses 111.0x more headings
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3 30B A3B
55%Vocabulary60%
25wSentence Length11w
0.58Hedging0.24
6.0Bold7.6
4.4Lists4.6
0.01Emoji0.36
1.11Headings0.00
0.16Transitions0.06
Based on 23 + 4 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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