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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
#22 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#5 by perf·no signal
Best value
MiniMax M2
2.0x better value than Qwen3.5 397B A17B
MiniMax M2
109.0 pts/$
$0.64/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.3 pts/$
$1.42/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 +89.9
MiniMax M2
1304.7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1394.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.5 397B A17B leads by +97.7
MiniMax M2
1346.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1443.7
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 | 1304.7 | 1394.5 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1346.0 | 1443.7 |
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 | $1.02 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $4.46 | |
| $0.39 | $2.45 | 256K tokens (~128 books) | $9.01 |