MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

MiniMax-M3 vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MiniMaxMiniMax-M3Off the frontier
Intelligence
29.20
Total cost
$538
AlibabaQwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
9.60
Total cost
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Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricMiniMax-M3Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)29.29.6−67.1% Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B I… is 67.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$537.98Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)25.47s2.93s−88.5% Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B I… is 88.5% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.30 / $1.20$0.19 / $0.77
Input modalitiesText, Image, VideoText
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