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MiniMax M2 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
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Winner summary
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins on 4/7 benchmarks
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking wins 4 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingmath·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingknowledge·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkinglanguage·MiniMax M2coding·MiniMax M2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
MiniMax M2
#20 by perf·#11 by attention
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
#40 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
MiniMax M2
1.0x better value than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
MiniMax M2
92.7 pts/$
$0.75/M
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
91.3 pts/$
$0.67/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
MiniMax M2Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +26.0
MiniMax M2
1343.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
1369.3
OpenCompass · AIME2025
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +9.9
MiniMax M2
79.1
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.0
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
MiniMax M2 leads by +1.7
MiniMax M2
78.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
77.0
OpenCompass · HLE
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +0.1
MiniMax M2
13.4
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
13.5
OpenCompass · IFEval
MiniMax M2 leads by +0.7
MiniMax M2
90.2
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
89.5
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
MiniMax M2 leads by +7.7
MiniMax M2
74.0
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
66.3
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads by +0.4
MiniMax M2
81.6
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
82.0
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | MiniMax M2 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1343.4 | 1369.3 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 79.1 | 89.0 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 78.7 | 77.0 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 13.4 | 13.5 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 90.2 | 89.5 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 74.0 | 66.3 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 81.6 | 82.0 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.30 | $1.20 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $5.25 | |
| $0.15 | $1.20 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $4.13 |