MiniMax M2.1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: side-by-side summary

MiniMax M2.1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

MiniMax M2.1, from MiniMax, has a 204,800-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.14/M tokens input, $1/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• MiniMax M2.1: 204,800 tokens
• Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: 262,144 tokens

Price

• MiniMax M2.1: $0.30/M tokens input, $1.20/M tokens output
• Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: $0.14/M tokens input, $1/M tokens output

Provided by

• MiniMax M2.1: MiniMax
• Qwen3.5-35B-A3B: Qwen

• MiniMax M2.1 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3.5-35B-A3B model details, providers and pricing