MiniMax M3 (medium) vs Qwen3.5-27B (medium)

Recommended model MiniMax M3 (medium)

It has the best score here (7.5), while costing about 3.3x less than Qwen3.5-27B (medium).

Detailed comparison

Metric	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01	Qwen3.5-27B Qwen3.5-27B medium Release: 2026-02-24

Metric	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01	Qwen3.5-27B Qwen3.5-27B medium Release: 2026-02-24
Score	7.5	7.5
Rank	#85	#88
Reliability	9.7	10.0
Consistency	8.0	7.8
Attempts	66/66	66/66
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	62.1%	75.8%
Flaky tests	5	6
Total Runs	66	66
Cost per result	2.724	8.217
Total Cost	$0.300	$0.982
Input Price	$0.300 / 1M	$0.195 / 1M
Output Price	$1.200 / 1M	$1.560 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	121,996	111,644
Output Tokens	90,051	16,113
Reasoning Tokens	185,731	598,796
Response Time (avg)	75.15s	113.28s
Response Time (max)	431.03s	1026.43s
Response Time (total)	1578.24s	2492.26s
Parameters	428B total (23B active)	27B
Availability	Weights available	Open source

Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.

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Anti-AI Tricks	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	5.5	3.7	66.7%	3		14.95s	2,526	874	3,414
Qwen3.5-27B	8.7	7.9	91.7%	1		19.75s	672	569	31,505

Coding	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	6.1	6.5	55.6%	1		144.74s	5,804	6,223	32,667
Qwen3.5-27B	6.2	7.1	55.6%	1		160.69s	7,895	6,381	89,388

Combined	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		138.24s	90,204	30,186	87,263
Qwen3.5-27B	7.3	5.8	83.3%	1		595.19s	84,417	7,948	279,132

Data parsing and extraction	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		14.92s	8,088	514	3,164
Qwen3.5-27B	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		30.26s	7,782	270	16,150

Domain specific	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	3.2	9.3	0.0%	0		234.97s	875	28,389	31,248
Qwen3.5-27B	5.9	7.2	55.6%	1		89.39s	562	157	52,734

General Intelligence	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	5.1	3.4	33.3%	1		33.25s	954	2,487	2,523
Qwen3.5-27B	6.1	3.1	66.7%	1		101.41s	524	70	23,147

Instructions following	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	9.8	10.0	100.0%	0		6.14s	1,623	103	920
Qwen3.5-27B	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		19.66s	699	97	11,638

Puzzle Solving	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	7.9	9.9	66.7%	0		49.91s	2,079	11,946	13,761
Qwen3.5-27B	8.2	7.7	77.8%	1		59.60s	696	242	70,096

Tool Calling	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		11.91s	9,168	281	555
Qwen3.5-27B	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		7.45s	8,193	348	1,323

Trivia	Score	Consistency	Attempt pass rate	Flaky tests	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)	Input Tokens	Output Tokens	Reasoning Tokens
MiniMax M3	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		100.80s	675	9,048	10,216
Qwen3.5-27B	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		85.11s	204	31	23,683

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