Early impressions: Qwen 3.7 Max vs MiniMax M3 vs OpenAI 5.6
Saifl · reddit · 2026-07-20
A Reddit thread comparing Qwen 3.7 Max Preview, MiniMax M3, and OpenAI 5.6 Sol under the same prompts and system instructions.
The main observations are:
- MiniMax M3 and OpenAI 5.6 sometimes produce subagent tasks that are too short or under-specified, requiring more steering.
- Qwen 3.7 Max appears to follow per-turn system instructions more closely, and its subagents report back in more detail.
- The author says they are currently using Qwen 3.7 Max because the preview access is very generous, and notes that MiniMax also offers a comparatively generous plan.
The post does not provide hard benchmarks; it is an early subjective comparison focused on orchestration behavior rather than code quality.
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