Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs MiniMax-M2
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 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 1 category and MiniMax-M2 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where MiniMax-M2 leads 45.3 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 37.4 |
| Released | — | 2025-10-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 61% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1297 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1370 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 30% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 160.6 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1357 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 14.8% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1352 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1337 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1335 |
| LMArena German | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1326 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1328 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1331 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1286 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than MiniMax-M2?
MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or MiniMax-M2 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.3 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and MiniMax-M2 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.