Which is better for coding — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

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

Which model is cheaper — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.

Which has a larger context window — MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Alibaba

Characteristic	MiniMax M2.5	Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Company	MiniMax	Alibaba
Release Date	February 11, 2026	September 9, 2025
Parameters	230B	80B
Multimodal	Yes	No
Context (input)	—	66K
Context (output)	—	66K
Input Price / 1M	—	$0.15
Output Price / 1M	—	$1.50
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-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct — 0.9.

Recency

MiniMax M2.5 is newer: released 2/11/2026 vs 9/9/2025.

More About These Models

MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax — specs, benchmarks, API

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Alibaba — specs, benchmarks, API

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The MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the MiniMax M2.5 or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.