Model comparison

Codellama 34b Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Codellama 34b Instruct Meta

30.8

Rank #287 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 34b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and MiniMax-M2.1 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.3 to 28.2.

Side by side

Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.1 specifications
Codellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
ProviderMetaMiniMax
Noometry Index30.838.9
Released—2025-12-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1422

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.5 (#314), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Coding10461421
LMArena WebDev—1384
BigCodeBench Instruct29%—
BigCodeBench Complete37.1%—
ALE-Bench—623.83
HumanEval+43.9%—
MBPP+56.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning Codellama 34b Instruct leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 19.6 (#255), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts10321411
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%

Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 31.0 (#230), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math10561397

Knowledge Not comparable

Codellama 34b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.8%
LMArena Expert—1431

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 25.8 (#284), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English10111378
LMArena Chinese9761430
LMArena French—1404
LMArena German—1381
LMArena Japanese—1287
LMArena Korean—1298
LMArena Russian—1387
LMArena Spanish—1397

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 52.2 (#291), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following10281400

Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 30.9 (#284), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query10131416

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Codellama 34b Instruct: 28.2 (#297), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkCodellama 34b InstructMiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text10661392
LMArena Creative Writing10321361
LMArena Multi-Turn10151396

Frequently asked questions

Is Codellama 34b Instruct better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Codellama 34b Instruct or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Codellama 34b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 34b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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