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  5. MiniMax M3vsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Updated Jun 2026

MiniMax M3vsQwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper than MiniMax M3 at $0.15/M vs $0.3/M input tokens.

MiniMax M3 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecMiniMax M3Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input price$0.3/M tokens$0.15/M tokens
Output price$1.2/M tokens$1.5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens66K tokens
WeightsOpenOpen
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJun 2026Sep 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

MiniMax M3282 words
"Local AI Replaces 4,000 Licensed Astrologers After Learning to 'Pretend Mercury Is in Retrograde'" BERKELEY, CA — A newly launched artificial intelligence system has reportedly rendered the entire field of professional astrology obsolete by simply inventing celestial events on the spot, sources confirmed Tuesday.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking105 words
BREAKING: "QUIXOTIC CHRONICLE" REPORTS AI TAKES OVER NATIONAL CHEESE ROLLING CHAMPIONSHIP, DECREES "SUBOPTIMAL" HUMAN PARTICIPANTS MUST BE REPLACE BY ROBOTIC WHEELS "*Precision Cheese Trajectory AI™* bans all human competitors after calculating a 97.3% 'unpredictability risk factor'—now only self-propelled Gouda…
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Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

MiniMax M3553 words
HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Analysis Sources & Uses at Close (FY2025) Sources $m Uses $m Term Loan (4.0x) 480.0 Purchase price (12.0x × $120) 1,440.0 Mezzanine (1.5x) 180.0 Transaction fees (2.0% × EV) 28.8 Sponsor Equity (plug) 808.8 Total 1,468.8 Total 1,468.8 Initial Mezz: $180m; Initial TL: $480m.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking405 words
Simplified Year-by-Year Cash Flow Table (FY2026–FY2030) Year Revenue EBITDA Cash Interest (Term + Mezz) Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF After Required Payments Term Loan Balance Mezz Balance 2026 $972.0M $136.1M $64.8M $17.8M $29.2M $0.4M $19.1M $456.1M $183.6M 2027 $1,040.0M $156.0M $63.1M $23.2M $31.2M $0.3M $33.4M $417.9M…
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

MiniMax M3465 words
Simulated Interview: "Steve Jobs" on the Future of AI (2025) A note before we begin: Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011, so this is a fictional dramatization—what I imagine his views might be, based on his documented philosophy, writings, and public statements, projected into a 2025 conversation.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking783 words
Simulated Interview: Steve Jobs in 2025 on the Future of AI (Setting: A minimalist studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs sits in a black turtleneck, no tie, sleeves rolled up. He leans forward with quiet intensity, eyes sharp. The interviewer, a journalist from "The Future Review," adjusts a camera.) Interviewer: Mr.
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Movie Analysis

Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a…

MiniMax M31,199 words
Blade Runner 2049: A Meditation on What It Means to Be Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel arrives thirty-five years after Ridley Scott's cyberpunk landmark, and rather than simply revisiting its neon-soaked dystopia, it deepens the original's inquiry into consciousness, memory, and what we might call the soul.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking1,662 words
TheHaunted Future: Themes, Symbolism, and Cinematography in *Blade Runner 2049*—Honoring and Extending the Original’s Philosophical Legacy Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is not merely a sequel but a profound meditation that both reveres and radically expands the philosophical and aesthetic DNA of Ridley Scott’s 1982…
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

MiniMax M32,628 words
The 1920 Transistor: A Speculative History Through 1980 A Necessary Caveat Before diving in: quantum mechanics didn't exist in 1920. The "holes," band theory, and doping concepts that made the actual transistor possible weren't formulated until 1928-1931 (Bloch, Wilson, Heisenberg).
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking1,956 words
The World Transformed: A 1920 Transistor Invention Timeline (1920–1980) If the transistor had been invented in 1920—by German physicists Walter Schottky and Oskar Heil at Siemens, building on early quantum theory—instead of 1947 at Bell Labs, the technological, economic, and geopolitical landscape of the 20th century…
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Debug This Architecture

Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…

MiniMax M31,434 words
Architectural Review: Real-Time Collaborative Document Editor This architecture has several critical flaws that would manifest as data loss, poor UX, and a system that breaks down at modest scale. I'll group findings by severity.
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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking1,684 words
Here'sa comprehensive analysis of the architecture, identifying critical failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks. For each issue, I've provided a specific solution with clear trade-offs based on real-world distributed systems best practices. 1.
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Our Verdict
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, MiniMax M3 has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Too close to call

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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)

Where to run it

15 hosts, cheapest first

MiniMax M313 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
CCoreWeavefp4$0.23 in·$0.96 out·262k·99.9% upGGMI Cloudfp8$0.24 in·$0.96 out·1M·99.6% upDDeepInfrafp8$0.28 in·$1.10 out·524k·99.6% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·91.1% upMiniMaxfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·99.5% upNNovitafp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.9% up
7 more hostsFewer hosts
PParasailfp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·95% upSStreamLakefp8$0.30 in·$1.20 out·1M·99.2% upTTogether$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·99.8% upVVenicefp8degraded$0.30 in·$1.20 out·524k·94.8% upMMaradegraded$0.60 in·$2.40 out·1M·93.6% up
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking2 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.15 in·$1.20 out·131k·99.9% upGoogle Vertex AI$0.15 in·$1.20 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 20 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
64%

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 3.3x more transitions

MiniMax M3
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
55%Vocabulary56%
24wSentence Length16w
0.52Hedging0.32
5.2Bold5.1
3.0Lists3.9
1.15Emoji0.92
1.21Headings0.75
0.02Transitions0.08
Based on 27 + 27 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

MiniMax M3 is developed by MiniMax while Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is developed by Qwen. MiniMax M3 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's 66K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. MiniMax M3 and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

MiniMax M3 costs $0.3/M input tokens and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15/M input tokens. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is $0.15/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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