Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking | MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | qwen | minimax |
| Context Window | 131,072 | 196,608 |
| Max Output Tokens | 32,768 | 65,536 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.1170 | $0.1500 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $1.37 | $1.20 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $96 | $90 |
| Vision | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Qwen3 | Other |
| MMLU Score | 74.9 | 87.5★ |
| GPQA | 57.9 | 83.0★ |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.1170
Current Output / 1M
$1.36
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.1500
Current Output / 1M
$1.20
Performance History
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Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
97.2%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking
$96
per month
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5
$90
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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