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

• MiniMax M3 model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3.6 Max Preview model details, providers and pricing