Model comparison
Command A vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 2 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 40.4 to 27.2.
- MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 205K.
Side by side
| Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 205K |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1421 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
Reasoning Command A leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1411 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1397 |
Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1431 |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1404 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1381 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1287 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1298 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1387 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1397 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1400 |
Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Command A | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1396 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Command A does, with 256K tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.