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MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

MiniMax M2.1 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
Benchmark Advantage
MiniMax M2.1
Context Window
MiniMax M2.1
Speed
MiniMax M2.1

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMiniMax M2.1Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.27$0.20 Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.95$0.20 Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.03$0.10 MiniMax M2.1
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 is 55% cheaper overall.

MiniMax M2.1 Providers

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Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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MiniMax M2.1 Wins
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Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMiniMax M2.1Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
39.4--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
32.8--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
82.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
87.5--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
83.0--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
81.0--
MiniMax M2.1 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

MiniMax M2.1
196,608
tokens
Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricMiniMax M2.1Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507Winner
Tokens/second41.7 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token2.07sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMiniMax M2.1Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMiniMax M2.1Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorMinimaxQwen
ReleasedDec 2025Unknown

MiniMax M2.1 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 has cheaper output pricing at $0.20/M tokens.
MiniMax M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 32.8, compared to Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507's score of N/A.
MiniMax M2.1 has a 196,608 token context window, while Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 has a unknown token context window.
MiniMax M2.1 does not support vision. Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 does not support vision.
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