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MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 33.7 to 11.7, at about the same output price ($2.55 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M1 Replace Qwen3.8 27B
MiniMax M1MiniMax
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.20
0
Qwen3.8 27BQwen
Coding
74.2
Overall
59.6
Output $/M
$2.55
29
vs boards won of 29 shared

MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.8 27B: which to pick

Only Qwen3.8 27B has a coding score, 74.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick MiniMax M1 for output tokens 1.2x cheaper ($2.20 vs $2.55 per million).

Model AMiniMax M1MiniMaxNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.8 27BQwen74.2/1004 independent benchmarks$1.26 per solved task
Shared results
29
MiniMax M1 only
0
Qwen3.8 27B only
56
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.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M1 not benchmarked, Qwen3.8 27B 74.2 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Intelligence, 22.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: MiniMax M1 1217 against Qwen3.8 27B 1387, 28.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M1 $2.20 against Qwen3.8 27B $2.55 per million output tokens, 1.2x 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M1BarsQwen3.8 27BTies
Coding02
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards029
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench codingNot measured86.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1593Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured68.1Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured64.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured14.2%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured39.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured58.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured38.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured67.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SciCodeNot measured46.6%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: coding13591483Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: software and IT13591478Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1602Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1570Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1577Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
AA Intelligence Index11.733.7Qwen3.8 27B
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured151.7Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured45.8Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench researchNot measured59.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench browserNot measured32.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured27.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured48.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured30.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured36.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured59.7%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured47.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured88.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench reasoningNot measured80.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured83.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured90.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured33.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ARC-AGINot measured87.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured42.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13391459Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: expert13171479Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13531461Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1285Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1295Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
ProofBenchNot measured16.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: math13611455Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: mathematical work13631458Qwen3.8 27B
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
MMLU ProNot measured84.3%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured70.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured28.7%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: science13541467Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13551437Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: legal and government13371447Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: business and finance13191438Qwen3.8 27B
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench designNot measured75.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured76.6%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured52.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured83.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured82.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
DTBenchNot measured88.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMCANot measured41.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured45.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text13431440Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: instruction following13121436Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: creative writing12971383Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena VisionNot measured1269Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: English13631448Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: non-English13191428Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Chinese13601501Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: German13501443Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Japanese12171387Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Korean12661384Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: French13701465Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Spanish13531449Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Russian13291415Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Polish13291439Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: multi-turn13351440Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: longer queries13261448Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: writing and language13111405Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13031393Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1267Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1326Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1281Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1237Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27BLeader
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

MiniMax M1$0.0015Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.0017Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.027Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.029Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.102Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.111Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 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.

Specifications of MiniMax M1 and Qwen3.8 27B
SpecificationMiniMax M1Qwen3.8 27B
MakerMiniMaxQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJune 17, 2025August 14, 2026
Context window1M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.425
Output $/Mtok$2.20$2.55
Coding indexNot benchmarked74.2
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.26
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than Qwen3.8 27B for coding?

Only Qwen3.8 27B has a coding score, 74.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick MiniMax M1 for output tokens 1.2x cheaper ($2.20 vs $2.55 per million).

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.8 27B?

MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.425 and $2.55. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.8 27B only.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M1 or Qwen3.8 27B?

Neither: both take 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M1 vs Qwen3.8 27B 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 Qwen3.8 27B's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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