Model comparison

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs MiniMax M1

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 59.5 to 53.1.
  • MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and MiniMax M1 specifications
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
ProviderAmazonMiniMax
Noometry Index42.940.3
Released—2025-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—40K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.55
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked1218

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.2 (#110), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Coding14301359

Reasoning Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 29.3 (#94), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14271339

Math Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.9 (#124), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Math14191361

Knowledge Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 39.2 (#136), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Expert14081317

Multilingual Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.4 (#108), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English13981319
LMArena Chinese14401360
LMArena Russian13951329
LMArena French—1370
LMArena German—1350
LMArena Japanese—1217
LMArena Korean—1266
LMArena Spanish—1353

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.2 (#123), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following13871312

Long Context Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#125), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query13911326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.5 (#110), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10MiniMax M1
LMArena Text14201343
LMArena Creative Writing13501298
LMArena Multi-Turn14091335

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than MiniMax M1?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and MiniMax M1 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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