Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 vs MiniMax-M2.1

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.4

Rank #177 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads 27.9 to 15.8.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 and MiniMax-M2.1 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
ProviderAmazonMiniMax
Noometry Index42.438.4
Released—2025-12-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1722

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 41.6 (#109), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.1 (#132)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Coding14331421
LMArena WebDev—1384
ALE-Bench—623.83

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.7 (#91)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 27.9 (#94), MiniMax-M2.1: 15.8 (#301)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts14221410
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%

Math Too close to call

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 36.4 (#116), MiniMax-M2.1: 35.6 (#142)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math14311396

Knowledge Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 39.3 (#122), MiniMax-M2.1: 37.7 (#143)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Expert14321432
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 52.1 (#91), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.2 (#123)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English14051378
LMArena Chinese14631430
LMArena French14491405
LMArena German13961380
LMArena Japanese13831287
LMArena Korean13871297
LMArena Russian13951386
LMArena Spanish14441396

Instruction Following Too close to call

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 73.4 (#118), MiniMax-M2.1: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following13871399

Long Context Too close to call

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 42.5 (#116), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#98)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query13951416

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 59.0 (#109), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.5 (#114)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text14151392
LMArena Creative Writing13491362
LMArena Multi-Turn13801396

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 better than MiniMax-M2.1?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.6 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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