Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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MiniMaxSummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codellama 70b Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax M1 in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where MiniMax M1 leads 45.8 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 40.3 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax M1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1339 |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1361 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1317 |
Multilingual MiniMax M1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1370 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following MiniMax M1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1312 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax M1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and MiniMax M1 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.