Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 38.1 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax M1 leads 39.9 to 35.5.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax M1: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1365 |
Knowledge Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1355 |
Long Context Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1378 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is MiniMax M1 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 35.5 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.