Model comparison
MiniMax-M2.7 vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 25.9.
- MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2026-03-18 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 41.8 (#120), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 599.25 | 621.92 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1398 | — |
| SciCode | 47% | — |
| WeirdML | 37% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 25.1 (#111), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 45.1% | — |
| ExploitBench | 13.3% | — |
| GBAEval | 0% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 19.7 (#253), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.85 | 146.78 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 24.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Thematic Generalization | 39.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1422 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 25.9 (#263), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1420 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
MiniMax-M2.7: 37.7 (#152), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.9% | 10.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 50.3 (#123), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1382 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1441 | — |
| LMArena French | 1421 | — |
| LMArena German | 1398 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1383 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1403 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 74.1 (#103), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1405 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#99), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1419 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
MiniMax-M2.7: 58.9 (#112), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2.7 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1354 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2.7 costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus?
MiniMax-M2.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.