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MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Compare MiniMax M3 from MiniMax and Qwen3.6 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview: side-by-side summary

MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

MiniMax M3, from MiniMax, has a 1,048,576-token context window and is priced at $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3.6 Max Preview, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $1.027/M tokens input, $6.162/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • MiniMax M3: 1,048,576 tokens
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 262,144 tokens
Price
  • MiniMax M3: $0.23/M tokens input, $0.96/M tokens output
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview: $1.027/M tokens input, $6.162/M tokens output
Provided by
  • MiniMax M3: MiniMax
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview: Qwen
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Overview

MiniMax M3
Author
MiniMax
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Author
Qwen
MiniMax M3
Context length
1.05Mtokens
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Context length
262Ktokens
MiniMax M3
Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Reasoning
MiniMax M3
Input modalities
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Input modalities
MiniMax M3
Output modalities
Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Output modalities
model details, providers and pricing
model details, providers and pricing
MiniMax M3
Qwen3.6 Max Preview