Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs MiniMax-M2.1
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.1 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.1 leads 58.3 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2025-12-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), MiniMax-M2.1: 40.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1421 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1384 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 623.83 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 27.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 36.6% |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), MiniMax-M2.1: 16.6 (#302)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1411 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 11.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#138)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1397 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 38.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 11.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1431 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), MiniMax-M2.1: 50.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1378 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 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
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), MiniMax-M2.1: 73.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1400 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.1: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1416 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.1 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), MiniMax-M2.1: 58.3 (#120)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1392 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1396 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than MiniMax-M2.1?
MiniMax-M2.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or MiniMax-M2.1 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and MiniMax-M2.1 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.1 has 22.