# MiniMax-M3.1-Flash vs Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct (slim)

> Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 55.7 (C) to MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax-M3.1-Flash's 50.5 (D), and leads in 3 of 5 scored categories. MiniMax-M3.1-Flash leads on capability and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash: D 50.5, rank #99 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-m3-1-flash.min.md
- Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct: C 55.7, rank #82 of 110 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct.min.md
- MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, good for Teams with a 4 to 8 GPU server who want an open multimodal agent and coding model with 1M tokens of context and can meet the licence's attribution and notice terms. Ahead on Capability, 64 against 33; Documentation and upkeep, 41 against 31.
- Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct, good for Coding agents and local coding tools that want a fast, capable open model on one 24 GB GPU or a 32 GB Mac, with a plain licence. Ahead on Reach, 90 against 40; Risk, 55 against 35; Agent interface, 75 against 70. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | 64 | 33 |
| Reach (25%) | 40 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 35 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 70 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Licence | MiniMax Community License (custom; commercial use needs a "Built with MiniMax M3.1-Flash" line and a one-time notice to MiniMax, and MiniMax's written authorisation above $20M yearly revenue) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-23 | 2025-12-03 |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |