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MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Plus wins on 10/11 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Plus wins 10 of 11 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · coding · reasoning.
Category leads
speed·Qwen3.6 Pluscoding·Qwen3.6 Plusreasoning·Qwen3.6 Pluslanguage·MiniMax M2.7math·Qwen3.6 Plusknowledge·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M2.7
#30 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.6 Plus
#12 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M2.7
1.4x better value than Qwen3.6 Plus
MiniMax M2.7
84.7 pts/$
$0.75/M
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
11 benchmarks · 2 models
MiniMax M2.7Qwen3.6 Plus
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +0.2
MiniMax M2.7
61.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
61.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +0.9
MiniMax M2.7
41.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
42.9
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +0.4
MiniMax M2.7
49.6
Qwen3.6 Plus
50.0
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +5.0
MiniMax M2.7
50.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.0
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +23.3
MiniMax M2.7
54.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
78.2
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +13.6
MiniMax M2.7
56.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.9
LiveBench · If
MiniMax M2.7 leads by +2.8
MiniMax M2.7
61.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
58.3
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +8.2
MiniMax M2.7
66.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.0
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +3.2
MiniMax M2.7
80.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
83.7
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +7.3
MiniMax M2.7
63.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.8
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +1.0
MiniMax M2.7
74.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index | 61.5 | 61.7 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index | 41.9 | 42.9 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 49.6 | 50.0 |
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 50.0 | 55.0 |
LiveBench · Coding | 54.9 | 78.2 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 56.3 | 69.9 |
LiveBench · If | 61.1 | 58.3 |
LiveBench · Language | 66.8 | 75.0 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 80.5 | 83.7 |
LiveBench · Overall | 63.5 | 70.8 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 74.8 | 75.8 |
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 |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |