MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 205K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is 4.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Input
$0.07
4.2× cheaper
Output
$0.28
4.2× cheaper
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 is cheaper on both — 4.2× input, 4.2× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 uses 46.5x more emoji
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
55%Vocabulary54%
25wSentence Length14w
0.58Hedging0.12
6.0Bold7.5
4.4Lists4.2
0.01Emoji0.68
1.11Headings0.93
0.16Transitions0.12
Based on 23 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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