Models

MiniMax M2.5 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Output tokens cost $1.15 per million on MiniMax M2.5 and $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Input tokens cost $0.29 per million on MiniMax M2.5 and $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.29 per million on MiniMax M2.5 and $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Context lengths are 204,800 tokens on MiniMax M2.5 and 983,616 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 3.7s on MiniMax M2.5 and 2.4s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. Measured output throughput is 69.3 tok/s on MiniMax M2.5 and 48.1 tok/s on Qwen3.8 Max Preview. On the LMArena coding leaderboard MiniMax M2.5 scores 1445 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520.

MinimaxMiniMax M2.5QwenQwen3.8 Max Preview
Minimax logo
MiniMax M2.5
Minimax · text → text

The MiniMax M2.5 is a flagship programming model built for real-world productivity. As a production-grade model natively designed for Agent scenarios, it has achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in coding, agentic tool use, search, and office work.

Input$0.29 /M
Output$1.15 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

MiniMax M2.5
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.29
$0.34
Output /M
$1.15
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.29
$0.03
Context length
204,800
983,616
Max output
192,000
131,072
Time to First Token
3.7 s
2.4 s
Throughput
69.3 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
minimax-m2.5qwen3.8-max-preview
13401400146015201580
Overall
13911481
Coding
14451520
Math
13971504
Hard prompts
14161506
Instruction following
13801478
Multi-turn
13941496
Creative writing
13581469
Longer query
14031497
Chinese
14291545
English
14151486
WebDev Arena
minimax-m2.5qwen3.8-max-preview
1340146015801700
Overall
13811669
React
13721678
HTML
14031628
Gaming
17331733
Simulations
16651665
Data analytics
16141614

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

MiniMax M2.5
$34.56 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: MiniMax M2.5, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; MiniMax M2.5: $1.15/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; MiniMax M2.5: 1445 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

MiniMax M2.5 accepts 204,800 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 192,000 tokens on MiniMax M2.5 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

MiniMax M2.5 at 69.3 tok/s and Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

MiniMax M2.5 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call MiniMax M2.5 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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