Models

MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare MiniMax M3 from Minimax and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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MiniMax M3
Minimax · text → text

The MiniMax M3 is a flagship programming model built for real-world productivity. As a production-grade model natively designed for Agent scenarios, it has achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in coding, agentic tool use, search, and office work.

Input$0.288 /M
Output$1.152 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

MiniMax M3
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.288
$0.338
Output /M
$1.152
$1.014
Cache read /M
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$0.0338
Context length
204,800
983,616
Max output
192,000
131,072
Time to First Token
1.5 s
2.4 s
Throughput
44.2 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
June 1, 2026
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
minimax-m3qwen3.8-max-preview
1380144015001560
Overall
14431480
Coding
14981520
Math
14381497
Hard prompts
14641502
Instruction following
14351477
Multi-turn
14511493
Creative writing
14071466
Longer query
14531492
Chinese
14701536
English
14561488
Vision
minimax-m3qwen3.8-max-preview
1220126013001340
Overall
12371300
OCR
12521315
Diagram
12611326
Homework
12641334
WebDev Arena
minimax-m3qwen3.8-max-preview
14401520160016801760
Overall
14871670
React
14841679
HTML
14621628
Gaming
14751735
Simulations
14741667
Data analytics
14871615

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

MiniMax M3
$34.56 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: MiniMax M3, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.014/M output tokens; MiniMax M3: $1.152/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; MiniMax M3: 1498 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

MiniMax M3: 1.5s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

MiniMax M3 accepts 204,800 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 192,000 tokens on MiniMax M3 and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and MiniMax M3 at 44.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

MiniMax M3 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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