Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 38.3 to 10.2.
- MiniMax-M2.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1421 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1411 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1397 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| LMArena French | — | 1404 |
| LMArena German | — | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1397 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.