Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.5 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 39.2 to 15.4.
- MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), MiniMax-M2.5: 48.1 (#58)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1387 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1381 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.4 (#77)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning Claude 2.1 leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.5 (#292)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 146.68 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1372 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), MiniMax-M2.5: 26.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1378 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), MiniMax-M2.5: 39.2 (#135)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1379 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 47.1 (#152)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1393 |
| LMArena French | — | 1362 |
| LMArena German | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1171 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 71.5 (#148)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1353 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 37.5 (#216)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1366 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 53.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1364 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than MiniMax-M2.5?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.1 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.