Qwen3 Coder Next vs MiniMax-M2.5: API price and specs
Qwen3 Coder Next is 20% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.5 on input price.
MiniMax-M2.5 is 64% cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next on output price.
MiniMax-M2.5 is 17% cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
MiniMax-M2.5 has a 281.5% larger context than Qwen3 Coder Next.
| Field | Qwen3 Coder Next | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest input, per 1M | $0.12 | $0.15 +25% |
| Median input, per 1M | $0.20 | $0.30 +50% |
| Lowest output, per 1M | $0.55 +174% | $0.20 |
| Median output, per 1M | $1.05 | $1.20 +14.3% |
| Lowest unit price | — | — |
| Cost of 1M in + 200k out | $0.23 +20.8% | $0.19 |
| Context | 262K +73.8% | 1M |
| Max output | 262K | 205K +21.9% |
| Providers | 18 +51.4% | 37 |
| Regions | EU, US | APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US |
| Accepts | text | image, text |
| Returns | text | text |
| Type | Text models | Text models |
| Free option | no | yes |
| Cheapest provider | kilo | deepinfra |
Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.
Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.
Providers selling both
aihubmix, alibaba-coding-plan, alibaba-coding-plan-cn, amazon-bedrock, cortecs, edenai, huggingface, jiekou, kilo, moark, ofox, openrouter, poe, togetherai, trustedrouter, vercel
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Coder Next or MiniMax-M2.5?
Qwen3 Coder Next is 20% cheaper than MiniMax-M2.5 on input price. MiniMax-M2.5 is 64% cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next on output price. MiniMax-M2.5 is 17% cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Next on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.
Which has the larger context, Qwen3 Coder Next or MiniMax-M2.5?
Qwen3 Coder Next: 262K tokens; MiniMax-M2.5: 1M tokens.
Where can I use both Qwen3 Coder Next and MiniMax-M2.5?
aihubmix, alibaba-coding-plan, alibaba-coding-plan-cn, amazon-bedrock, cortecs, edenai, huggingface, jiekou, kilo, moark, ofox, openrouter, poe, togetherai, trustedrouter, vercel