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MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Close to a tie overall. Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 24% less for the same work.

MiniMax M3

by MiniMax · #30 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
512K
Input / 1M
$0.28
Output / 1M
$1.10

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

by Qwen · #31 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.20
Output / 1M
$0.88

Better overall

About even

Grade 69.6 vs 68.7

Cheaper

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

24% less, $0.37 vs $0.48 blended

Larger context

MiniMax M3

512K vs 256K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 1,441
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1,413
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 1,482
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 1,497
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 1,463
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jun 2, 2026 · reference
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 80.5%v
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —
SWE-Bench Pro% of tasks resolved · Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro · Jun 2, 2026 · reference
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 59%v
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —
Terminal-Bench 2.1% of tasks passed · Terminal-Bench · Jun 2, 2026 · reference
MiniMax M3MiniMax M3: 66%v
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: —

MiniMax M3Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instructv = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

MiniMax M3$100 /month
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$75.20 /month

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct saves you $24.80 a month at this usage, $298 a year.

At a glance

AttributeMiniMax M3Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Made byMiniMaxQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeStrong · 69.6Strong · 68.7
Overall rank#30 of 67#31 of 67
Input price$0.28 per 1M$0.20 per 1M
Output price$1.10 per 1M$0.88 per 1M
Context window524,288 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoYes
Reads imagesYesYes
Model IDminimax-m3qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "minimax-m3", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is MiniMax M3 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct better?

They grade within two points of each other (69.6 and 68.7), so pick on price and the benchmarks that match your work.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $0.20 in and $0.88 out per million tokens, against $0.28 and $1.10 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

MiniMax M3, with 524,288 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

Compare with others

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, Scale AI SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.