MiniMax M3 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 262K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
MiniMax M3 is 5.0x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
MiniMax M3
Input
$0.30
4.0× cheaper
Output
$1.20
5.0× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
Input
$1.20
Output
$6.00
MiniMax M3 is cheaper on both — 4.0× input, 5.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
65%
MiniMax M3 uses 2.2x more hedging
MiniMax M3
Qwen: Qwen3 Max Thinking
55%Vocabulary61%
24wSentence Length15w
0.52Hedging0.23
5.2Bold5.2
3.0Lists3.9
1.15Emoji1.37
1.21Headings1.22
0.02Transitions0.04
Based on 27 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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