Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 vs MiniMax M1
API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 20 October 2026.
Qwen · A · Open weights
Params
235.1 B
Context
262,144
30d
141 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
minimax · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.55
Output / 1M
$2.20
AA index
11.7
proprietary · 1M context
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | API-only (closed weights) |
| Parameters | 235.1 B | n/a — API-only |
| Architecture | Qwen3MoeForCausalLM | n/a — API-only |
| Context length | 262,144 | 1,000,000 |
| Licence | apache-2.0 | Proprietary |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Per API terms |
| Languages | — | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads 30d | 141,425 | n/a — API-only |
| Downloads all time | 1.9 M | n/a — API-only |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | n/a — API-only |
| Gated | No | n/a — API-only |
| First seen on the Hub | 2025-07-21 | n/a — API-only |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.09 | $0.55 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.55 | $2.20 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.64 | $2.75 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | — | — |
| AA Intelligence Index | 12 | 11.7 |
| AA Coding Index | — | — |
| AA Agentic Index | — | — |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | 40,000 |
| API providers | 5 | 2 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | No | Yes |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
$0.64
MiniMax M1
$2.75
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is 4.3× cheaper at list price.
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 · fp16 @ 256K ctx
1,646.2 GB / 24 GB