MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructRunner-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
1.3× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.50
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins input (2.0× cheaper)·MiniMax M3 wins output (1.3× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
69%
MiniMax M3 uses 2.6x more hedging
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
55%Vocabulary52%
24wSentence Length16w
0.52Hedging0.20
5.2Bold5.8
3.0Lists3.7
1.15Emoji0.59
1.21Headings0.96
0.02Transitions0.05
Based on 27 + 20 text responses
Research
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