Data points: 129
Model compare
The readout for MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: Qwen3.6 Plus. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 36 to 64.
Evidence depth
129 data points
Includes 32 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with Qwen3.6 Plus
The charts below split 39 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 36.0 pts | 64.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 1 categories | 4 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage | No data |
| Context window | 204.8K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 131.1K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | MiniMax | Qwen |
| Released | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Qwen3 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | qwen/qwen3.6-plus |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for MiniMax M2.7 and Qwen3.6 Plus: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7 is stronger in benchmark categories (Knowledge) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Average speed, First-token latency, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads these benchmark categories: Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Instruction following.
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
MiniMax M2.7
51
Avg. score
Qwen3.6 Plus
53.1
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by 5.1
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by 5.3
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by 3.3
MiniMax M2.7 leads by 0.6
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by 0.9
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
MiniMax M2.7
51.0
Rank #56/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner63.0
Rank #25/84 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner$0.525/M
Rank #41/162 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
$1.13/M
Rank #81/162 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
winner$1.20/M
Rank #43/162 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
$3.00/M
Rank #85/162 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
winner$0.300/M
Rank #46/162 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
$0.500/M
Rank #69/162 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
68.7
Rank #27/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner69.7
Rank #20/89 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
87.4%
Rank #32/188 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner88.2%
Rank #30/188 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
winner28.1%
Rank #34/187 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
25.7%
Rank #42/187 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
0.6
Rank #65/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner2.9
Rank #42/73 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner76.5
Rank #7/17 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
73.8
Rank #10/17 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner27.0
Rank #15/33 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
25.6
Rank #17/33 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
56.2
Rank #23/37 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner56.6
Rank #21/37 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner47.0%
Rank #25/185 · confidence 4
Qwen3.6 Plus
40.7%
Rank #61/185 · confidence 4
MiniMax M2.7
52.6
Rank #30/59 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner54.5
Rank #28/59 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner47.0
Rank #31/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
40.7
Rank #53/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
41.4
Rank #54/65 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner51.9
Rank #36/65 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
0.7
Rank #29/29 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner2.7
Rank #24/29 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
87.4
Rank #35/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner88.2
Rank #32/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
38.1
Rank #37/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner39.6
Rank #32/99 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner28.1
Rank #34/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
25.7
Rank #42/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
26.1
Rank #53/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner26.2
Rank #52/90 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner34.4
Rank #79/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
32.0
Rank #81/90 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner1271.0
Rank #25/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
1265.0
Rank #27/66 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner75.7
Rank #18/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.2
Rank #23/86 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
84.8
Rank #44/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner97.7
Rank #7/84 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner46.3
Rank #13/21 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
39.8
Rank #16/21 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
48.7
Rank #26/28 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner58.8
Rank #16/28 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
40.4
Rank #36/50 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner50.6
Rank #22/50 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
25.6
Rank #29/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner27.6
Rank #25/55 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
57.0
Rank #31/46 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner61.6
Rank #25/46 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner32.9
Rank #26/50 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
31.9
Rank #27/50 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
winner1159.0
Rank #26/55 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
1139.0
Rank #27/55 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
MiniMax M2.7
45.1
Rank #38/53 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-18
Qwen3.6 Plus
winner53.2
Rank #31/53 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-04-02
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | MiniMax M2.7 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
35 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3.6 Plus speed / latency 43 tok/s / 26975ms input / output No data |
35 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 30 tok/s / 15154ms input / output No data | Qwen3.6 Plus speed / latency 48 tok/s / 26045ms input / output No data |
25 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 147 tok/s / 22518ms input / output No data | Qwen3.6 Plus speed / latency 55 tok/s / 23503ms input / output No data |
15 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency 43 tok/s / 18497ms input / output No data | Qwen3.6 Plus speed / latency 54 tok/s / 27757ms input / output No data |
10 tests | MiniMax M2.7 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3.6 Plus speed / latency 47 tok/s / 25362ms input / output No data |
MiniMax M2.7 minimaxai/minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | Qwen3.6 Plus qwen3.6-plus speed / latency No data input / output $2797.20/M | |
MiniMax M2.7 minimax-m2.7 speed / latency No data input / output $0/M/$0/M | Qwen3.6 Plus qwen3.6-plus speed / latency No data input / output $0.034/M |
Weighted outcome: Qwen3.6 Plus. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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