Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 53.1.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1489 |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1476 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.