MiniMax M3 vs Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 131K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, MiniMax M3 has the edge — newer, bigger context window.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
Input
$0.20
1.5× cheaper
Output
$0.80
1.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on both — 1.5× input, 1.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
75%
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 uses 4.7x more transitions
MiniMax M3
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
55%Vocabulary55%
24wSentence Length18w
0.52Hedging0.52
5.2Bold6.7
3.0Lists4.3
1.15Emoji1.04
1.21Headings0.92
0.02Transitions0.11
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Research
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