Model comparison

Falcon-180B vs MiniMax-M2

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #204 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and MiniMax-M2 in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2 leads 53.0 to 29.1.

Side by side

Falcon-180B and MiniMax-M2 specifications
Falcon-180BMiniMax-M2
ProviderTechnology Innovation InstituteMiniMax
Noometry Index32.237.4
Released2023-09-062025-10-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$1.20
Results tracked1621

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2: 39.3 (#159)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—61%
LMArena WebDev—1297
LMArena Coding—1370

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2: 25.1 (#109)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
Terminal-Bench—30%
Vending-Bench 2—160.6

Reasoning Too close to call

Falcon-180B: 19.1 (#269), MiniMax-M2: 19.4 (#258)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Hard Prompts10071357
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—14.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index112.13—
HellaSwag89%—
LAMBADA79.8%—
PIQA84.9%—
WinoGrande87.1%—

Math Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.3 (#160)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Math—1352
GSM8K54.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2: 37.0 (#163)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Expert—1337
ARC (AI2) Challenge67.8%—
BoolQ89%—
MMLU70.6%—
OpenBookQA64.2%—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2 leads

Falcon-180B: 25.2 (#286), MiniMax-M2: 45.3 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Non-English10001313
LMArena Chinese—1366
LMArena French—1335
LMArena German—1355
LMArena Russian—1331
LMArena Spanish—1326

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2 leads

Falcon-180B: 53.4 (#286), MiniMax-M2: 70.2 (#166)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Instruction Following10471328

Long Context Not comparable

Falcon-180B: —, MiniMax-M2: 40.5 (#153)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Longer Query—1331

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2 leads

Falcon-180B: 29.1 (#295), MiniMax-M2: 53.0 (#162)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkFalcon-180BMiniMax-M2
LMArena Text10541340
LMArena Creative Writing10891286
LMArena Multi-Turn10131361

Frequently asked questions

Is Falcon-180B better than MiniMax-M2?

MiniMax-M2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and MiniMax-M2 share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax-M2 has 21.

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