Qwen3.5 122B-A10B vs GPT-5 Nano vs MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
GPT-5 Nano comes out ahead, 75 to 58 and 41 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
58/100- ECI—
- Price$0.40 / $3.20
- Context262K
- Our pick
OpenAIGPT-5 Nano
75/100- ECI139.4
- Price$0.05 / $0.40
- Context400K
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.5-highspeed
41/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $2.40
- Context205K
GPT-5 Nano is our pick
GPT-5 Nano is the better all-round choice, scoring 75/100 against Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (58) and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceGPT-5 NanoGPT-5 Nano $0.138 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed $1.05 · Qwen3.5 122B-A10B $1.10 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextGPT-5 NanoGPT-5 Nano 400,000 · Qwen3.5 122B-A10B 262,144 · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed 204,800 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 122B-A10B: Text, Images, Audio, Video · GPT-5 Nano: Text, Images · MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed: Text
- Self-hostingQwen3.5 122B-A10B and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3.5 122B-A10B | GPT-5 Nano | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 48 | 91 | 49 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 90 | 70 | 35 |
| Context window | 20% | 37 | 44 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 58/100 | 75/100 | 41/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen) | GPT-5 NanoOpenAI | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeedMiniMax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 139.4 | — |
| ECI rank | — | #102 of 148 | — |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 69.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | — | 20.0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 81.1% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 11.7% | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.40 | $0.05 (best) | $0.60 |
| Output | $3.20 | $0.40 (best) | $2.40 |
| Cached input | — | $0.005 (best) | $0.06 |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.10 | $0.138 (best) | $1.05 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official OpenAI API | Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 400,000 tokens (best) | 204,800 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | Yes | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yesminimal · low · medium · high | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Open | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | qwen3.5-122b-a10b | gpt-5-nano | MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed |
| API providers | 19 | 21 (best) | 7 |
| Released | Feb 23, 2026 | Aug 7, 2025 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | May 30, 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Qwen3.5 122B-A10B$10.40
- GPT-5 Nano$1.30
- MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed$10.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3.5 122B-A10B, GPT-5 Nano or MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed?
GPT-5 Nano is the better all-round choice, scoring 75/100 against Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (58) and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (41). It leads on price and context window. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B, GPT-5 Nano or MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed?
GPT-5 Nano is cheaper at $0.05 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed costs $0.60 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price); Qwen3.5 122B-A10B costs $0.40 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.138 per million tokens for GPT-5 Nano versus $1.05 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed (7.6× as much) and $1.10 for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (8× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has not been scored yet, GPT-5 Nano has an ECI of 139.4 and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B, GPT-5 Nano and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5 Nano has the largest context window at 400,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and 204,800 for MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.5 122B-A10B up to 65,536, GPT-5 Nano up to 128,000, MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B accepts text, images, audio and video; GPT-5 Nano accepts text and images; MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed accepts text. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B and MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GPT-5 Nano is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the newest, released Feb 23, 2026. MiniMax-M2.5-highspeed came out Feb 13, 2026; GPT-5 Nano came out Aug 7, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5 Nano May 30, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
