MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare MiniMax M2.5 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 205K vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
MiniMax M2.5Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: 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
Qwen: 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%
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking uses 93.9x more emoji
MiniMax M2.5
Qwen: 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
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