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MiniMax M3 vs Qwen-Image-2.0

Pricing per million tokens, context window, capabilities — pulled from each provider's public docs. All 2 are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

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MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Qwen-Image-2.0
alibaba/qwen-image-2.0
Provider
MiniMax
Alibaba
Family
MiniMax M
Modality
text
image
Context window
1,000,000 tok
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Max output
4,096 tok
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Released
2026-06-01
2026-03-03
License
Open-weight
Open-weight
Input price
$0.300 /1M
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Output price
$1.20 /1M
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Per image
—
$0.035 /img
Tools
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Streaming
yes
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Vision
—
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JSON mode
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Reasoning
—
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Prompt caching
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Batch API
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MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Full spec →

MiniMax's M3 language model with frontier coding and agentic capabilities, a 1M token context window, and multilingual support.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
Use cases
ChatbotsContent generationAgentic workflows
Qwen-Image-2.0
alibaba/qwen-image-2.0
Full spec →
Strengths
  • Text-to-image generation
  • Creative control
Use cases
Marketing assetsProduct mockupsConcept art

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SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, all 2, one line different.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# MiniMax M3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Qwen-Image-2.0
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="alibaba/qwen-image-2.0",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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