Pick a winner in each dimension — change your vote anytime.
Pricing and capabilities synced from the OpenRouter catalogue. Scores are editorial (0–10).
Choose MiniMax M2.1 if you want tool-heavy personal and autonomous agents on a budget. Choose Qwen3 235B A22B if you want self-hosted or ultra-cheap open-weight agents.
In our editorial scoring, Qwen3 235B A22B leads in 4 of five dimensions (output quality, speed, value for $ and reliability), while MiniMax M2.1 leads in 1. On price, MiniMax M2.1 runs about $0.49 per 1M tokens (blended) and is open-weight; Qwen3 235B A22B is about $0.09 and open-weight.
The model picks the moves; the agent runs the loop, the tools, and the guardrails. Once you've chosen a model, see which agent gets the most out of it.