Which is better for coding — MiniMax M2.1 or Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — MiniMax M2.1 or Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking?

API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.

Which has a larger context window — MiniMax M2.1 or Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking?

Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Alibaba

Characteristic	MiniMax M2.1	Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking
Company	MiniMax	Alibaba
Release Date	December 22, 2025	September 21, 2025
Parameters	—	33B
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	1.0M	—
Context (output)	100K	—
Input Price / 1M	$0.30	—
Output Price / 1M	$1.20	—
Average Score	0.9	144.5

Verdict

Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.

Overall Performance

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking shows a higher average benchmark score: 144.5 vs 0.9.

Recency

MiniMax M2.1 is newer: released 12/22/2025 vs 9/21/2025.

More About These Models

MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax — specs, benchmarks, API

Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking

Alibaba — specs, benchmarks, API

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