Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2 leads 37.3 to 10.2.
- MiniMax-M2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1370 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1357 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math MiniMax-M2 leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1352 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2 leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1335 |
| LMArena German | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1326 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1328 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1331 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and MiniMax-M2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.