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MiniMax M1 80k vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

MiniMax M1 80k (MiniMaxAI) and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B (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 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#85 vs #86); and MiniMax M1 80k offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose MiniMax M1 80k if…

  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 8.9% against 4.5%.

Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #85 against #86 (46.0 vs 45.9 points).
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 0.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 43.6% against 34.2%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B was listed 23 July 2025, MiniMax M1 80k 13 June 2025.

MiniMax M1 80k vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of MiniMax M1 80k and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
FieldMiniMax M1 80kMiniMaxAIQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwen
ModelCap Index position#86#85
Index score45.946.0
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.30
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.00
Context window1M tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—66K
API providers listed05
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed13 June 202523 July 2025
PublisherMiniMaxAIQwen

Evidence: global-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (8%); launch card against 5 resolved peers on 9 rows (92%); exceeds every named peer on 1 of 9 rows; optimism haircut 0 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 0.7 up toward the measured corpus · 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 M1 80k vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Public benchmark boards where MiniMax M1 80k or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B has a published result
BoardMiniMax M1 80kQwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14581449–1467Only one result
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)—55.4%Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis34.2%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="MiniMax M1 80k":reasoning=true43.6%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B":reasoning=falseQwen3 Coder 480B A35B
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis8.9%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="MiniMax M1 80k":reasoning=true4.5%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Qwen3 Coder 480B":reasoning=falseMiniMax M1 80k

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 M1 80k vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: common questions

Is MiniMax M1 80k better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #85 against #86. 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. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is MiniMax M1 80k cheaper than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M1 80k or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

MiniMax M1 80k has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, MiniMax M1 80k or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

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 M1 80k and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B open-weight models?

MiniMax M1 80k: Open weights. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B: 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 M1 80k and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for MiniMax M1 80k and 5 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this MiniMax M1 80k vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 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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