Is MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-97B-A17B cheaper?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens ($1.20 vs $3.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-97B-A17B?

MiniMax-M3 has the larger context window (524K tokens).

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3.5-97B-A17B

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper on output tokens, while MiniMax-M3 offers a larger context window. Choose MiniMax-M3 or Qwen3.5-97B-A17B based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	MiniMax-M3	Qwen3.5-97B-A17B
Provider	Synthetic	Synthetic
Input / 1M tokens	$0.60	$0.60
Output / 1M tokens	$1.20	$3.00
Context window	524K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Jun 2026	Feb 2026

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