MiniMax M3 (medium) vs Qwen3.5-Flash

Compared models

Recommended model Qwen3.5-Flash

It has the best score here (6.7), while costing about 4.2x less than MiniMax M3 (medium).

Metric	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01	Qwen3.5-Flash Qwen3.5-Flash none Release: 2026-02-24

Metric	MiniMax M3 MiniMax M3 medium Release: 2026-06-01	Qwen3.5-Flash Qwen3.5-Flash none Release: 2026-02-24
Score	6.7	6.7
Rank	#180	#177
Reliability	9.7	10.0
Consistency	8.1	9.3
Attempts	69/69	69/69
Tests Correct
Attempt pass rate	59.4%	37.7%
Flaky tests	5	2
Total Runs	69	69
Cost per result	3.381	1.113
Total Cost	$0.372	$0.089
Input Price	$0.300 / 1M	$0.065 / 1M
Output Price	$1.200 / 1M	$0.260 / 1M
Total Input Tokens	166,517	463,872
Output Tokens	107,386	219,122
Reasoning Tokens	217,548	0
Response Time (avg)	77.03s	26.52s
Response Time (max)	431.03s	480.96s
Response Time (total)	1694.74s	609.94s
Parameters	428B total (23B active)	~35B total (~3B active)
Availability	Weights available	Closed

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Agentic	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		116.50s	44,521	17,335	31,817
Qwen3.5-Flash	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		53.80s	181,516	9,921	0

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-Flash	3.5	8.3	8.3%	1		1.32s	696	690	0

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-Flash	5.5	10.0	33.3%	0		850ms	7,913	519	0

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-Flash	2.9	5.8	16.7%	1		243.59s	254,787	206,719	0

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-Flash	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		1.57s	7,794	243	0

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-Flash	5.3	10.0	33.3%	0		873ms	798	15	0

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-Flash	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		803ms	522	100	0

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-Flash	6.3	10.0	50.0%	0		8.81s	711	63	0

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-Flash	3.1	10.0	0.0%	0		10.89s	714	579	0

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-Flash	10.0	10.0	100.0%	0		3.67s	8,211	264	0

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-Flash	3.0	10.0	0.0%	0		588ms	210	9	0

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