# MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen3 32B

> Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m2-vs-qwen3-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3 32B in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Qwen3 32B leads 32.3 to 24.9.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3 32B.
- MiniMax-M2 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 38.8 |
| Rank | 201 | 166 |
| Context | 205K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $1.20 | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax-M2: 39.1 (#151)
- Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1358 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- MiniMax-M2: 24.9 (#102)
- Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax-M2: 18.6 (#256)
- Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1335 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |

## Math

- MiniMax-M2: 34.6 (#158)
- Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1350 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax-M2: 36.3 (#160)
- Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1336 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax-M2: 45.6 (#165)
- Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1314 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1367 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1366 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1332 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1336 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax-M2: 70.4 (#160)
- Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1329 | 1305 |

## Long Context

- MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#148)
- Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1332 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax-M2: 53.3 (#157)
- Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)

| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1288 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1362 | 1331 |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 36.9 on the Noometry Index. MiniMax-M2 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 32B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Qwen3 32B?

MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 32B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

### Is MiniMax-M2 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?

MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 37.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Qwen3 32B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.