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MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
MiniMax M2.7 wins on 4/5 benchmarks
MiniMax M2.7 wins 4 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · arena.
Category leads
speed·MiniMax M2.7arena·MiniMax M2.7
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M2.7
#30 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#3 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M2.7
1.5x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
MiniMax M2.7
84.7 pts/$
$0.75/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$1.36/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
MiniMax M2.7Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
MiniMax M2.7 leads by +5.7
MiniMax M2.7
61.5
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.8
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
MiniMax M2.7 leads by +0.6
MiniMax M2.7
41.9
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
41.3
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
MiniMax M2.7 leads by +4.6
MiniMax M2.7
49.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
45.0
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
MiniMax M2.7 leads by +41.6
MiniMax M2.7
1427.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1386.1
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +44.7
MiniMax M2.7
1403.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1447.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index | 61.5 | 55.8 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index | 41.9 | 41.3 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 49.6 | 45.0 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1427.7 | 1386.1 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1403.0 | 1447.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2.7 | $0.30 | $1.20 | 197K tokens (~98 books) | $5.25 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |
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