MiniMax-01 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
MiniMax vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •MiniMax-01 is cheaper ($0.20 vs $0.33 per 1M input)
- •MiniMax-01 has a larger context window (1M)
| MiniMax-01 | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | — | 88.2 |
| Developer | MiniMax | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 1,000,192 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.20 / 1M | $0.33 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.10 / 1M | $1.95 / 1M |
| Speed | — | 52 tok/s |
| Released | January 15, 2025 | April 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |