Noometry

Model comparison

Command R+ vs MiniMax-M2.1

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Command R+ Cohere

32.4

Rank #257 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.1 MiniMax

38.9

Rank #178 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.3 to 43.5.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
  • MiniMax-M2.1 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Command R+MiniMax-M2.1
ProviderCohereMiniMax
Noometry Index32.438.9
Released2024-08-302025-12-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K205K
Max output4K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$10$1.20
Results tracked3422

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 29.1 (#309), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Coding11871421
LMArena WebDev—1384
BigCodeBench Instruct33.8%—
LiveBench Coding19.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete41.9%—
ALE-Bench—623.83
HumanEval+56.7%—
MBPP+63.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Command R+: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
Terminal-Bench—36.6%

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 9.2 (#344), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Hard Prompts11861411
SimpleBench17.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—11.2%
LiveBench Reasoning24.8%—
DTBench54.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis38.1%—
LMCA5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.34—
LiveBench31.8%—

Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 28.9 (#242), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Math11881397
LiveBench Math21.3%—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 36.4 (#169), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.9%11.8%
LMArena Expert11741431
MMLU69.4%—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 38.6 (#227), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Non-English12161378
LMArena Chinese12261430
LMArena French12091404
LMArena German12161381
LMArena Japanese11661287
LMArena Korean11381298
LMArena Russian12271387
LMArena Spanish11891397

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 60.0 (#254), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Instruction Following11971400
LiveBench Instruction Following57.6%—

Long Context MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 37.3 (#219), MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Longer Query12301416

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads

Command R+: 43.5 (#228), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)

BenchmarkCommand R+MiniMax-M2.1
LMArena Text12291392
LMArena Creative Writing12351361
LMArena Multi-Turn12131396
LiveBench Language29.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Command R+ better than MiniMax-M2.1?

MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Command R+ 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 R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

Is Command R+ or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M2.1 does, with 205K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Command R+ and MiniMax-M2.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.

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