Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs MiniMax M1
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Devstral Small 2505 costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AI
MiniMaxSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 19.7.
- Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 40.3 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | 2025-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.55 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1359 |
Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1339 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1361 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1317 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1319 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1360 |
| LMArena French | — | 1370 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1329 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1312 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 69.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | MiniMax M1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1298 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1335 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than MiniMax M1?
MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index. Devstral Small 2505 costs 6.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 2505 or MiniMax M1?
Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or MiniMax M1 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.9 vs 39.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and MiniMax M1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.