Noometry

Model comparison

ERNIE 5.0 0110 vs MiniMax-M2.5

ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.0 0110 Baidu

41.2

Rank #129 Confirmed

MiniMax-M2.5 MiniMax

38.1

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.0 0110 scores higher in 6 categories and MiniMax-M2.5 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads 36.5 to 25.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 10.3% for ERNIE 5.0 0110 and 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5.
  • MiniMax-M2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
ProviderBaiduMiniMax
Noometry Index41.238.1
Released—2026-02-12
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked2033

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 42.3 (#94), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Coding14551380
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—75.8%
LMArena WebDev—1386
SWE-bench Multilingual—68.3%
ALE-Bench—618.17

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: —, MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
Terminal-Bench—42.7%
Vending-Bench 2—-23.16

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 16.3 (#296), MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
NYT Connections (extended)10.3%16.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts14461372
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—55.2%
ARC-AGI-1—63.7%
Thematic Generalization41.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.68

Math ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 36.5 (#111), MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Math14371378
ProofBench—4%

Knowledge Too close to call

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.2 (#125), MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Expert14271378
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 39.1 (#49), MiniMax-M2.5: —

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Vision1248—

Multilingual ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 54.3 (#47), MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Non-English14361338
LMArena Chinese15121392
LMArena French14661363
LMArena German14621361
LMArena Japanese13831169
LMArena Korean14061232
LMArena Russian14461359
LMArena Spanish14731354

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 74.7 (#88), MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Instruction Following14131353

Long Context ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 43.4 (#90), MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Longer Query14221367
CL-bench—11.4%
CL-bench Life—6.3%

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.0 0110 leads

ERNIE 5.0 0110: 63.4 (#64), MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149)

BenchmarkERNIE 5.0 0110MiniMax-M2.5
LMArena Text14451359
LMArena Creative Writing14261331
LMArena Multi-Turn14331364
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1361

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 better than MiniMax-M2.5?

ERNIE 5.0 0110 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is ERNIE 5.0 0110 or MiniMax-M2.5 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.0 0110 and MiniMax-M2.5 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.0 0110 has 20 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2.5 has 33.

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