Which is better for coding — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

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Which model is cheaper — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

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Which has a larger context window — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B?

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MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	MiniMax M2.5	Qwen3 235B A22B
Company	MiniMax	Alibaba
Release Date	February 11, 2026	April 28, 2025
Parameters	230B	235B
Multimodal	Yes	No
Context (input)	—	128K
Context (output)	—	128K
Input Price / 1M	—	$0.20
Output Price / 1M	—	$0.60
Average Score	0.7	0.9

Verdict

MiniMax M2.5 leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: MiniMax M2.5 — 0.7, Qwen3 235B A22B — 0.9.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 4/28/2025.

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MiniMax M2.5

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Qwen3 235B A22B

Alibaba — specs, benchmarks, API

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