Is Qwen3.5 397B A17B or MiniMax-M2.1 cheaper?

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.34 vs $3.60 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3.5 397B A17B or MiniMax-M2.1?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (250K tokens).

Qwen3.5 397B A17B vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3.5 397B A17B offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3.5 397B A17B or MiniMax-M2.1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3.5 397B A17B	MiniMax-M2.1
Provider	Cortecs	Cortecs
Input / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.34
Output / 1M tokens	$3.60	$1.34
Context window	250K	196K
Parameters	397B	229B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Feb 2026	Dec 2025

Qwen3.5 397B A17B details →MiniMax-M2.1 details →

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