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MiniMax M2 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
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Winner summary
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins on 8/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.5 397B A17B wins 8 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bmath·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bknowledge·Qwen3.5 397B A17Blanguage·Qwen3.5 397B A17Bcoding·Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M2
#19 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#5 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M2
1.9x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
MiniMax M2
110.8 pts/$
$0.63/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
57.4 pts/$
$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
8 benchmarks · 2 models
MiniMax M2Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +82.7
MiniMax M2
1303.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1386.1
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +101.2
MiniMax M2
1346.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1447.7
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +13.2
MiniMax M2
79.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
92.3
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +9.7
MiniMax M2
78.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
88.4
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +14.1
MiniMax M2
13.4
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +1.3
MiniMax M2
90.2
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
91.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +9.0
MiniMax M2
74.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
83.0
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +6.0
MiniMax M2
81.6
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
87.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1303.3 | 1386.1 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1346.6 | 1447.7 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 79.1 | 92.3 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 78.7 | 88.4 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 13.4 | 27.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 90.2 | 91.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 74.0 | 83.0 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 81.6 | 87.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.26 | $1.00 | 197K tokens (~98 books) | $4.41 | |
| $0.39 | $2.34 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $8.78 |