Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 22.4.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 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 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | — |
Math Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | — |
| LMArena French | 1370 | — |
| LMArena German | 1350 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 Coder Next costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is MiniMax M1 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 36.3 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 Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.