Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.1 or Qwen3.5-Flash?

MiniMax M2.1 lists at $0.3 input and $1.2 output per 1M tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash at $0.1 and $0.4. Qwen3.5-Flash is 3.0x cheaper per token at list price.

Which has the larger context window?

MiniMax M2.1 accepts 205K tokens and Qwen3.5-Flash 1M tokens.

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MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen3.5-Flash

Qwen3.5-Flash scores 22.0 on the Respan Index (#87), ahead of MiniMax M2.1 at 21.1 (#88). Qwen3.5-Flash is 3.0x cheaper per token at list price. Qwen3.5-Flash has the larger context window (1M tokens).

MiniMax M2.1MiniMax

Respan Index: 21.1 (#88)
Input / output per 1M: $0.3 / $1.2
Blended price per 1M: $0.525
Context window: 205K
Max output: -
Input: text
Released: 2025-12-22

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Respan Index by category

Coding10.5 MiniMax M2.19.4* Qwen3.5-Flash
Agents23.1 MiniMax M2.120.3 Qwen3.5-Flash
Reasoning14.4 MiniMax M2.1

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Qwen3.5-FlashQwen

Respan Index: 22.0 (#87)
Input / output per 1M: $0.1 / $0.4
Blended price per 1M: $0.175
Context window: 1M
Max output: -
Input: text, vision
Released: 2026-02-23

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22.4

Knowledge & language20.8*20.3

Human preference46.7*46.0

* Estimated: no published scores in that category. How the Respan Index works

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