MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is 1.4× cheaper for input tokens: MiniMax: MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 per M and Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.42 per M. MiniMax: MiniMax M3 is 2.5× cheaper for output tokens: MiniMax: MiniMax M3 costs $1.20 per M and Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B costs $3.00 per M. About the same: MiniMax: MiniMax M3 takes up to 1,048,576 tokens of context and Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B up to 1,000,000.
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Model id | minimax/minimax-m3 | qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
| Input | $0.30 per M | $0.42 per M |
| Output | $1.20 per M | $3.00 per M |
| Context length | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Accepts | image, text, video | image, text, video |
| Produces | text | text |
| Served by | minimax | alibaba |
Prices are the providers' list prices per million tokens, as of . Both run on your own provider key through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with no fee on the tokens.