Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.8 27B?

MiniMax M3 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: MiniMax M3 from $0.30 and Qwen3.8 27B from $0.40.

Which has the larger context window, MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.8 27B?

MiniMax M3 has the largest context window: MiniMax M3 1,000,000 tokens and Qwen3.8 27B 262,144 tokens.

Can I switch between MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.8 27B without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (minimax/minimax-m3, qwen/qwen3.8-27b).

MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3.8 27B

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

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MiniMax M3 Minimaxminimax/minimax-m3

Qwen3.8 27B Alibabaqwen/qwen3.8-27b

Creator

Minimax

Alibaba

Released

May 31, 2026

Aug 14, 2025

Context window

262K

Max output

512K

33K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$0.30

$0.40

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$1.20

$3.00

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

18.7

20.1

LatencyMedian time to first token

3.1s

—

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

—

Accepts

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

MiniMax M3 vs Qwen3.8 27B: summary

MiniMax M3 and Qwen3.8 27B are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

MiniMax M3, from Minimax, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $0.30/1M input and $1.20/1M output tokens and scores 18.7 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

Qwen3.8 27B, from Alibaba, has a 262,144-token context window, costs $0.40/1M input and $3.00/1M output tokens and scores 20.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

MiniMax M3 is the cheapest on input, 1.3× cheaper than the next model, MiniMax M3 has the largest context window and Qwen3.8 27B scores highest for intelligence.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="minimax/minimax-m3", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="qwen/qwen3.8-27b", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis