Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M1
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B is cheaper than MiniMax: MiniMax M1 by about 12% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B charges $0.230000 / $2.300000 per 1M input/output tokens; MiniMax: MiniMax M1 charges $0.400000 / $2.200000.
| Field | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | MiniMax: MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.230000 | $0.400000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.300000 | $2.200000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | – | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.069354 | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.693544 | n/a |
| Context window | 128000 | 1000000 |
| Tokenizer | qwen2 | – |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B | MiniMax: MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $3.33 | $4.90 |
| RAG chat | $5.40 | $6.70 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $4.37 | $5.80 |
| Classification | $2.71 | $4.36 |
| Chat assistant | $10.58 | $11.20 |
| Content generation | $18.86 | $18.40 |
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Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B vs MiniMax: MiniMax M1: $0.230000/$2.300000 vs $0.400000/$2.200000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/alibaba_qwen3-235b-a22b-vs-minimax_minimax-m1).
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