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Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Max offers 69.6K more tokens in context window than MiniMax M2.1. MiniMax M2.1 is $0.70 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.1, released by MiniMax on December 23, 2025, is a large language model with approximately 230 billion parameters featuring strong multi-language programming capabilities and an industry-leading multilingual coding profile. It features a 196K token context window and is optimized for complex real-world software engineering tasks across Rust, Java, Golang, C++, TypeScript, and other languages. M2.1 targets agentic coding workflows and applications requiring production-grade programming across diverse language environments.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.
3 months newer
Qwen3-Max
Alibaba / Qwen
2025-09-05
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
2025-12-23
Cost per million tokens (USD)
MiniMax M2.1
Qwen3-Max
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax
Qwen3-Max
OpenRouter
MiniMax M2.1
Qwen3-Max
MiniMax M2.1
Qwen3-Max