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Updated Jun 2026

MiniMax M3vsQwen3 Coder

Qwen3 Coder is cheaper than MiniMax M3 at $0.22/M vs $0.3/M input tokens.

MiniMax M3 and Qwen3 Coder compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecMiniMax M3Qwen3 Coder
Input price$0.3/M tokens$0.22/M tokens
Output price$1.2/M tokens$0.95/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens—
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJun 2026Jul 2025
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Coder
Qwen3 Coder

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, nothing separates them.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
Output
$1.20
Qwen3 Coder
Input
$0.22
1.4× cheaper
Output
$0.95
1.3× cheaper

Qwen3 Coder is cheaper on both: 1.4× input, 1.3× output.

Where to run it

17 hosts, cheapest first

MiniMax M312 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
CCoreWeavefp4$0.23 in·$0.96 out·262k·99.9% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.24 in·$0.96 out·1M·98.4% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.28 in·$1.10 out·524k·98.9% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·31.1% upMiniMaxfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.7% upNNovitafp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.4% up
6 more hostsFewer hosts
PParasailfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·98.2% upSStreamLakefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.1% upTTogether$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.8% upVVenicefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.9% upSSambaNova$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·98.4% upMModelRunfp4$0.75 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.3% up
Qwen3 Coder5 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Google Vertex AI$0.22 in·$1.80 out·262k·99.4% upDDeepInfrafp4$0.30 in·$1.00 out·262k·98.1% upVVenicefp8$0.35 in·$1.50 out·256k·95.7% upNNovitafp8$0.38 in·$1.55 out·262k·95.9% upAlibaba Cloud$0.97 in·$4.88 out·262k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 9 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
53%

Qwen3 Coder uses 6.8x more transitions

MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Coder
55%Vocabulary61%
24wSentence Length62w
0.52Hedging0.62
5.2Bold4.4
3.0Lists4.9
1.15Emoji0.37
1.21Headings1.31
0.02Transitions0.17
Based on 27 + 28 text responses
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