Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs MiniMax-M2.5
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MiniMaxSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 54.1 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | MiniMax |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-02-12 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1380 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 75.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1386 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 68.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 618.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 42.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -23.16 |
Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1372 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 146.68 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 55.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 16.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 63.7% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Too close to call
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1378 |
| ProofBench | — | 4% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1378 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1338 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1392 |
| LMArena French | — | 1363 |
| LMArena German | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1169 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1359 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1353 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 11.4% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 6.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1367 |
Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | MiniMax-M2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1359 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1364 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than MiniMax-M2.5?
MiniMax-M2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?
MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and MiniMax-M2.5 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.