Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where MiniMax M1 leads 34.8 to 10.0.
- MiniMax M1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1359 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1340 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1360 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), MiniMax M1: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1361 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1369 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1220 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1330 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1354 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1312 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and MiniMax M1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.