MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 205K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen3 Max Thinking
MiniMax M2.5Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen3 Max Thinking has the edge — bigger model tier.
MiniMax M2.5 is 5.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M2.5
Input
$0.30
4.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
5.0× cheaper
Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
MiniMax M2.5 is cheaper on both — 4.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
62%
Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 93.9x more emoji
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3 Max Thinking
55%Vocabulary61%
25wSentence Length15w
0.58Hedging0.23
6.0Bold5.2
4.4Lists3.9
0.01Emoji1.37
1.11Headings1.22
0.16Transitions0.04
Based on 23 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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