MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 vs Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B

They cost about the same for input tokens: MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 $0.30 per M, Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B $0.30 per M. MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 is 1.7× cheaper for output tokens: MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 costs $1.20 per M and Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B costs $2.00 per M. Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B reads more: MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 takes up to 204,800 tokens of context and Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B up to 262,144. MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 accepts text; Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B accepts image, text, video.

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B
Model idminimax/minimax-m2.7qwen/qwen3.6-27b
Input$0.30 per M$0.30 per M
Output$1.20 per M$2.00 per M
Context length204,800 tokens262,144 tokens
Acceptstextimage, text, video
Producestexttext
Served byminimaxalibaba

Prices are the providers' list prices per million tokens, as of . Both run on your own provider key through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with no fee on the tokens.