Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 47.8 to 36.4.
- Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper at $0.25 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2026-02-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1410 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1254 |
| SciCode | — | 29.3% |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1400 |
| CritPt | — | 0.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| DTBench | — | 80% |
| LMCA | — | 29.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.52 |
Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1404 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.5% |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1457 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1367 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | 1325 |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1376 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1392 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1379 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1389 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1395 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1346 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1390 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.