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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs MiniMax-M2.5

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 19 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-122B-A10B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.26 in · $2.08 out
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.5 Released 12 Feb 2026 · $0.30 in · $1.20 out
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins 112 too close to callMiniMax-M2.5 wins 6

Of the 19 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 13 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-13-2e2420e3c5cc). See also Alibaba vs MiniMax, every model from both labs.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5? The short answer

Pick MiniMax-M2.5: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 22.8 against 17.7) and costs less.

  • MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper: $0.52 against $0.72 per million tokens, 27% less.
  • MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 22.8 against 17.7.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 12 Feb 2026 for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for reasoning and knowledge.

Head to head

17.7
Intelligence Index
22.8
$0.72
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.52
262,144
Context window, tokens
204,800

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BMiniMax-M2.5
Price per million tokens$0.26 in · $2.08 out$0.30 in · $1.20 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.72$0.52
Cheapest host, blended$0.72 (Alibaba)$0.44 (Venice)
Intelligence Index17.722.8
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second147–
Context window262,144 tokens204,800 tokens
Released24 Feb 2026 (newer)12 Feb 2026
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaChina

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 95 of 164 135 of 164
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 87 of 198 84 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 102 of 188 114 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 108 of 152 102 of 152

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BMiniMax-M2.5
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 150 of 387 measured 1,416 1,391
Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 103 · 141 of 163 measured 1,428 1,386
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 142 of 380 measured 1,422 1,400
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 87 of 243 measured 17.7no reasoning 22.8
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 80 of 231 measured 85.7% 84.8%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 108 of 242 measured 25.2% 20.5%
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 103 of 230 measured 39.5no reasoning 41.7
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 192 of 230 measured 9.0%thinking reasoning 41.0%
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 35 of 230 measured 0.36no reasoning 0.38
Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results
Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 72 · 46 of 104 measured 11.2% 9.1%
Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 76 of 104 measured 99.8% 98.2%
Show all 19 results (8 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BMiniMax-M2.5
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 147 of 385 measured 1,366 1,357
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 130 of 338 measured 1,442 1,425
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 147 of 387 measured 1,406 1,381
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 146 of 386 measured 1,387 1,369
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 43 of 195 measured 75.7% 71.6%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 92 of 233 measured 76.3% 73.3%
Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 65 · 49 of 190 measured 31.1% 34.8%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 20 of 193 measured 93.6% 95.3%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than MiniMax-M2.5?

Pick MiniMax-M2.5: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 22.8 against 17.7) and costs less.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 is cheaper: $0.52 against $0.72 per million tokens, 27% less.

Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 95 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 135 for MiniMax-M2.5.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 ranks 84 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 87 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 102 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 114 for MiniMax-M2.5.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

MiniMax-M2.5 ranks 102 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or MiniMax-M2.5?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 262,144 tokens, against 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.5.

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