Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 vs MiniMax-M2.5

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.1

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 scores higher in 7 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads 36.4 to 25.8.
  • MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 and MiniMax-M2.5 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
ProviderAmazonMiniMax
Noometry Index42.438.1
Released—2026-02-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1733

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 41.6 (#109), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Coding14331380
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
LMArena WebDev—1386
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 27.9 (#94), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Hard Prompts14221372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
NYT Connections (extended)—16.8%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 36.4 (#116), MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Math14311378
ProofBench—4%

Knowledge Too close to call

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 39.3 (#122), MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert14321378
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 52.1 (#91), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English14051338
LMArena Chinese14631392
LMArena French14491363
LMArena German13961361
LMArena Japanese13831169
LMArena Korean13871232
LMArena Russian13951359
LMArena Spanish14441354

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 73.4 (#118), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following13871353

Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 42.5 (#116), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query13951367
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10: 59.0 (#109), MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text14151359
LMArena Creative Writing13491331
LMArena Multi-Turn13801364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 better than MiniMax-M2.5?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.4 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 41.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 11 10 has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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