Model comparison
MiniMax-M2 vs Qwen Plus
MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
MiniMax
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 57.8% for MiniMax-M2 and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
- MiniMax-M2 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.4 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-27 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1370 | 1328 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 61% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1297 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 30% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 160.6 | — |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.8% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1357 | 1317 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 14.8% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1337 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
Multilingual Too close to call
MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1366 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 1331 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1335 | — |
| LMArena German | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1326 | — |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1328 | 1303 |
Long Context Too close to call
MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1331 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | MiniMax-M2 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1340 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1286 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1361 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax-M2 better than Qwen Plus?
MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.4 vs 37.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2 or Qwen Plus?
MiniMax-M2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.
Is MiniMax-M2 or Qwen Plus better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.3 vs 38.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2 and Qwen Plus share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.