Model comparison
Codellama 70b Instruct vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 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-M2.1 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 50.0 to 24.8.
Side by side
| Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 38.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#193), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1421 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 49.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
| HumanEval+ | 65.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning Codellama 70b Instruct leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 20.1 (#242), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1052 | 1411 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
Math Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1397 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 24.8 (#288), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 992 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1430 |
| 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 70b Instruct: 51.9 (#293), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1024 | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codellama 70b Instruct: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Codellama 70b Instruct: 33.4 (#277), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Codellama 70b Instruct | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1057 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codellama 70b Instruct better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codellama 70b Instruct or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codellama 70b Instruct and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codellama 70b Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.