MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 25.2 to 11.7, and Qwen3.7 Plus costs 1.7x less per output token ($1.28 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.
MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.7 Plus: which to pick
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 29
- MiniMax M1 only
- 0
- Qwen3.7 Plus only
- 46
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus leads, 25.2 against 11.7.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a AA Agentic Index result, 17.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a Design Arena: websites result, 1269.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus
MiniMax M1 $0.0015, Qwen3.7 Plus $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- MiniMax M1 not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 21.2 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Japanese: MiniMax M1 1217 against Qwen3.7 Plus 1412, 32.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- MiniMax M1 $2.20 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | MiniMax M1 | Bars | Qwen3.7 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 17 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 29 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 55.9 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 46.1% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 47.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 10.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1359 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1359 | 1473 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.7 | 25.2 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 147.0 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 17.5 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.5% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 16.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Not measured | 2.8% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 90.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 35.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 87.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 17.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1339 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1317 | 1466 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1353 | 1460 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1292 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1295 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 34.4% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1361 | 1467 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1363 | 1470 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1354 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1355 | 1464 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1337 | 1451 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1319 | 1435 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1276 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1238 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1269 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1208 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1143 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 39.3% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 78.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 73.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 37.6% | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1312 | 1439 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1297 | 1438 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1278 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1363 | 1458 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1319 | 1445 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1360 | 1509 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: German | 1350 | 1471 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1217 | 1412 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1266 | 1413 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: French | 1370 | 1472 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1353 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1329 | 1457 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1329 | 1449 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1335 | 1459 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1326 | 1454 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1311 | 1437 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1303 | 1422 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1280 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1332 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1288 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1258 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1444 | Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.7 Plus costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | MiniMax M1 | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | MiniMax | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 17, 2025 | June 3, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.40 | $0.32 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.20 | $1.28 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 33.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?
Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M1's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.