Model comparison
Amazon Nova Pro vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro 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 43.9.
- MiniMax M1 is cheaper at $0.55 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.80 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1339 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1361 |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1317 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1360 |
| LMArena French | 1271 | 1370 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1312 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1335 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.55 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.
Is Amazon Nova Pro or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.