# MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD vs Qwen3.5 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Qwen3.5 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-speech-2-8-hd-vs-qwen3-5-flash
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Qwen3.5 Flash.

## Summary

- MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Qwen3.5 Flash do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD | Qwen3.5 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 53.71 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.10 / $0.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #126/156)

| Benchmark | MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 64.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 49.6 (Estimated · #86/186)

| Benchmark | MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5 Flash public-lane score: 28.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD | Qwen3.5 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 6.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 0.000% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and Qwen3.5 Flash on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD profile](/models/minimax-speech-2-8-hd)
- [Qwen3.5 Flash profile](/models/qwen3-5-flash)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)