Model comparison

MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 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 October 10, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2

MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.9

Rank #106 Confirmed

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Plus in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.8 to 19.4.
MiniMax-M2 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 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2 and Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
Provider	MiniMax	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	37.4	42.9
Released	2025-10-27	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	21	15

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	61%	—
LMArena WebDev	1297	—
LMArena Coding	1370	—
ALE-Bench	—	621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
Vending-Bench 2	160.6	0.54
Terminal-Bench	30%	—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
Kagi LLM Benchmark	57.8%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	14.8%	—
Chess Puzzles	—	22%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1357	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	17%
DTBench	—	80.5%
LMCA	—	36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	146.78

Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads

MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	86.7%
LMArena Math	1352	—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	2.1%

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads

MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond	—	84.8%
SimpleQA Verified	—	25.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	10.7%
LMArena Expert	1337	—

Multilingual Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Non-English	1313	—
LMArena Chinese	1366	—
LMArena French	1335	—
LMArena German	1355	—
LMArena Russian	1331	—
LMArena Spanish	1326	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1328	—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads

MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench	—	19.8%
CL-bench Life	—	12.4%
LMArena Longer Query	1331	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2	Qwen3.5 Plus
LMArena Text	1340	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1286	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1361	—

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

MiniMax-M2 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 and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.