API Cost Check
Qwen Turbo vs MiniMax M3: cost
For a typical support chatbot, Qwen Turbo is about 6.0× cheaper than MiniMax M3 ($16.68 vs $100 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| Qwen Turbo | MiniMax M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $0.05 | $0.30 |
| Output /1M | $0.20 | $1.20 |
| Output (thinking) | $0.50 | — |
| Cached input /1M | $0.01 | $0.06 |
| Batch input /1M | $0.025 | — |
| Batch output /1M | $0.10 | — |
| Context window | 131,072 | 1,000,000 |
| Max input | 98,304 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 16,384 | 128,000 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | Qwen Turbo | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $16.68 | $100 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $25.44 | $153 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $38.25 | $230 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $31.82 | $191 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $78.75 | $945 |