# MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen Plus

> MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 57.8% for MiniMax-M2 and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 204 | 210 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1328 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
- Qwen Plus: —

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1317 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |

## Math

- MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1335 | — |
| LMArena German | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | 1303 |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | 1324 |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | 1336 |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen Plus?

MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Qwen Plus?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

### Is MiniMax-M2 or Qwen Plus better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.3 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.