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MiniMax M2-her vs Qwen3 30B A3B

MiniMax M2-her (MiniMax) and Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, MiniMax M2-her holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#89 vs #111); Qwen3 30B A3B is 2.4× cheaper per output token ($0.50/1M vs $1.20/1M); Qwen3 30B A3B offers the longer context window (131K vs 66K tokens); and Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose MiniMax M2-her if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #89 against #111 (28.9 vs 24.0 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — MiniMax M2-her was listed 23 January 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B 28 April 2025.

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B if…

  • API cost matters — $0.50/1M output tokens against $1.20/1M, about 2.4× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.12/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 131K tokens against 66K.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 30B A3B ships open weights while MiniMax M2-her is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 1.

MiniMax M2-her vs Qwen3 30B A3B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of MiniMax M2-her and Qwen3 30B A3B
FieldMiniMax M2-herMiniMaxQwen3 30B A3BQwen
ModelCap Index position#89#111
Index score28.924.0
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.12
Output price / 1M tokens$1.20$0.50
Context window66K tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens2K16K
API providers listed12
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed23 January 202628 April 2025
PublisherMiniMaxQwen

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: MiniMax M2-her vs Qwen3 30B A3B

Public benchmark boards where MiniMax M2-her or Qwen3 30B A3B has a published result
BoardMiniMax M2-herQwen3 30B A3BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13861377–1395Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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MiniMax M2-her vs Qwen3 30B A3B: common questions

Is MiniMax M2-her better than Qwen3 30B A3B?

MiniMax M2-her ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #89 against #111. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is MiniMax M2-her cheaper than Qwen3 30B A3B?

Qwen3 30B A3B is cheaper on output tokens: $0.50/1M against $1.20/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for MiniMax M2-her and $0.12/1M for Qwen3 30B A3B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2-her or Qwen3 30B A3B?

Qwen3 30B A3B has the larger context window: 131K tokens against 66K.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M2-her or Qwen3 30B A3B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are MiniMax M2-her and Qwen3 30B A3B open-weight models?

MiniMax M2-her: API only. Qwen3 30B A3B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run MiniMax M2-her and Qwen3 30B A3B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for MiniMax M2-her and 2 for Qwen3 30B A3B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this MiniMax M2-her vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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