Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax M1 leads 53.1 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1339 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1361 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1317 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1312 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1335 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or MiniMax M1?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.