MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare MiniMax M3 by MiniMax against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 1.0M vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-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 Thinking
Input
$0.15
2.0× cheaper
Output
$1.50
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins input (2.0× cheaper)·MiniMax M3 wins output (1.3× cheaper)
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
54%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 4.1x more transitions
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
55%Vocabulary54%
24wSentence Length16w
0.52Hedging0.31
5.2Bold6.0
3.0Lists4.5
1.15Emoji0.58
1.21Headings0.88
0.02Transitions0.10
Based on 27 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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